friendly
19
7.0
- noun
- /ˈfrɛndli/
- Specialized
:
fuerza amiga
- Let him know we're friendlies.
There's two guys and they're they're just like shooting at the friendlies, you know, they're laying in a prone position.
- There's two guys and they're they're just like shooting at the friendlies, you know, they're laying in a prone position.
Examples
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So Real headed west for its friendlies, as the exhibition matches are known.
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Meanwhile, Jack Wilshere continued his recovery with a full 90 minutes in a friendly against Chelsea.
Blog text (31) -
So excited to have four of my friendlies here from Canada.
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The midfielder suffered a "slight muscle tear" in a friendly for the Netherlands midweek against Germany.
Blog text (3) -
The Earth and Alpha Centauri A III cricket teams are playing a friendly at Galactic Stadium.
Blog text (13) -
By the early 1980s, encounters with "friendlies" had become an almost daily occurrence during the calving season in Laguna San Ignacio.
Fiction book (2002) -
A differentiation was made between "hostiles" and "friendlies"; the Rangers recruited friendly Indians to help fight these more threatening opponents (Cox).
Academic text (2013) -
The U.S. men's national team will play Guatemala in a pre-Gold Cup friendly on July 3 in Nashville.
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We could ask the friendlies, but none of them ever came back.
Synonyms
996
2.8
A country, person, or group that helps another, often in a war
Antonyms
Compounds
7
2.8
A contest between people done in a kind, playful way to make each other try harder
3
1.4
A kind, helpful connection between people or groups who support each other
2
3.7
Places where people can walk safely and easily because of wide sidewalks and safe crossings
- Informal
A joke people who know each other well say to tease without meaning harm
A place that supports new tools like computers and new ideas and helps people use them
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun use friendly often appears as friendlies and comes from the same root friend. It means 'a friend in battle' or someone on your side, so friendlies refers to soldiers or units that belong to your own side or allies.