group of friends
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1.3
- noun
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grupo de amigos
- My favorite memories are from the times spent with my group of friends during summer vacations.
- a small group of friends
- a close group of friends
So I got this new group of friends now that I found.
- So I got this new group of friends now that I found.
- This led to Sarah making plans with this group of friends without Sally.
- Being ostracized from a group of friends is painful.
- You know, I think families get tighter, groups of friends get a lot tighter.
- I made a great group of friends and I'm still friends with him today.
- And yet my closest group of friends have literally almost nothing in common.
- You get to make a whole new group of friends.
- And I'll send it to like a trusted group of friends.
- Is there anything worse than going out with a group of friends?
- And she also does role play online with a group of friends.
- Which is when in America, at least in my group of friends, you are the new person in a group.
- So they just became this like this very strong group of friends.
Examples
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Pretty soon, you'll have a whole new group of friends, you know.
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One evening during his second week in the city, he met a large group of friends for drinks.
Fiction book (2002) -
So I got this new group of friends now that I found.
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In high school, we were in a group of friends that was six guys and six girls.
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I had a whole new group of friends.
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A group of friends get together for a weekend trip.
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This is a group of friends and family who have known each other for years.
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I made a great group of friends and I'm still friends with him today.
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Then I see her at the other end of the hallway with a group of friends.
Fiction book (1999) -
At lunch, the two girls found a spot in the outside courtyard with a group of friends.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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1.0
A number of people or things seen as one unit
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1.4
A group of people who are often friends
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3.3
A group of people with shared interests
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2.2
A group of people who work together on a job
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2.0
A group of friends someone often spends time with
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3.9
A group of people who share the same interests or activities
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3.4
A group of people who are close and friendly like a loving home
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2.7
People who meet, talk, and feel they belong together
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3.2
A group of people of similar age or background who influence each other
A small group of friends who regularly hang out together
A small group of friends who meet and spend time together
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently built from 'group' (a unit of people) + 'of' (linking) + 'friends' (people with mutual affection); a B1 learner who knows these words can derive 'a number of friends who spend time together'. This noun-of-noun compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically (e.g., Spanish 'grupo de amigos', French 'groupe d'amis'), so the expression is immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Group of friends is a simple compound made by putting group, meaning people who are together, and friends, meaning people who like each other, side by side. Picture a small circle of people meeting, laughing, or going out together, so it means 'a number of people who are friends and spend time together'.