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  2. Friendship - Wikipedia

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    The friends believe that it is fun and easy to spend time together. [37] Agency The friends have valuable information, skills, or resources that they can share with each other. [37] For example, a friend with business connections might know when a desirable job will be available, or a wealthy friend might pay for an expensive experience.

  3. Philoi - Wikipedia

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    Philoi (Ancient Greek: φίλοι; sg. φίλος philos) is a word that roughly translates to 'friends'. This type of friendship is based on the characteristically Greek value for reciprocity as opposed to a friendship that exists as an end to itself. [1]

  4. Best friends forever - Wikipedia

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    In the Friends episode "The One at the Beach", Phoebe uses the term BFF and has to explain to the rest of the gang that it means "best friends forever". Although the concept of having or being a "best friend" is ageless, the acronym BFF was popularized as a quick way for friends to sign off and express their positive feelings for one another while instant-messaging (IM-ing) on the computer or ...

  5. Koinonos - Wikipedia

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    Koinonos (Ancient Greek: κοινωνός) is an Ancient Greek word, generally thought to mean companion; however it has been used extensively in ancient writing with a wide variety of meanings. Its original form is κοινωνός and it was later translated to Koinonos.

  6. Comrade - Wikipedia

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    A rather the most popular variation of the word in the past and currently is "Guadochae/ ጓዶቼ" meaning "my friends" which is a humble way of address for a valued colleague or friend. The Arabic word رفيق (Rafīq) (meaning comrade, companion) is used in Arabic, Urdu and Persian with the same

  7. Imaginary friend - Wikipedia

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    They provide comfort in times of stress, companionship when they're lonely, someone to boss around when they feel powerless, and someone to blame for the broken lamp in the living room. Most important, an imaginary companion is a tool young children use to help them make sense of the adult world. [12]

  8. Companion - Wikipedia

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    Companion planting, planting of different crops in close physical proximity "Companion series", a sister show in television; Companion star, a star in a binary system; Companion weapon, an object held in the non-sword hand while fencing; A handbook or guide book or compendium e.g. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion or The Oxford Companion to ...

  9. English adjectives - Wikipedia

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    But certain adjectives, in particular superlatives, are mostly incompatible with an indefinite interpretation of the NP. [33] Cases like *they were best students seem ungrammatical, though exceptions such as they were best friends exist. In cases such as a best-case scenario, best-case is a nominal, not a full NP.