friending

friend

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [frend]
- /frɛnd/
- /frend/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [frend]
- /frɛnd/

Definitions of friending word

noun friending a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard. 1
noun friending a person who gives assistance; patron; supporter: friends of the Boston Symphony. 1
noun friending a person who is on good terms with another; a person who is not hostile: Who goes there? Friend or foe? 1
noun friending a member of the same nation, party, etc. 1
noun friending (initial capital letter) a member of the Religious Society of Friends; a Quaker. 1
noun friending a person associated with another as a contact on a social media website: We've never met, but we're Facebook friends. 1

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Origin of friending

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English friend, frend, Old English frēond “friend, lover, relative” (cognate with Old Saxon friund, Old High German friunt (German Freund), Gothic frijōnds), originally the present participle of frēogan, cognate with Gothic frijōn “to love”

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Parts of speech for Friending

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Friending

friending popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

friending usage trend in Literature

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