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friends
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Wiktionary
friendsnoun
Participants in a two-way friendship relationship.
Friendsnoun
The Quakers; the Society of Friends.
Wikipedia
Friends
Friends is an American television sitcom, created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer, the show revolved around six friends in their 20s and 30s who lived in Manhattan, New York City. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. The original executive producers were Kevin S. Bright, Kauffman, and Crane. Kauffman and Crane began developing Friends under the title Insomnia Cafe between November and December 1993. They presented the idea to Bright, and together they pitched a seven-page treatment of the show to NBC. After several script rewrites and changes, including title changes to Six of One and Friends Like Us, the series was finally named Friends.Filming of the show took place at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. All ten seasons of Friends ranked within the top ten of the final television season ratings; it ultimately reached the number-one spot in its eighth season. The series finale aired on May 6, 2004, and was watched by around 52.5 million American viewers, making it the fifth most-watched series finale in television history, and the most-watched television episode of the 2000s decade.Friends received acclaim throughout its run, becoming one of the most popular television shows of all time. The series was nominated for 62 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning the Outstanding Comedy Series award in 2002 for its eighth season. The show ranked no. 21 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and no. 7 on Empire magazine's The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. In 1997, the episode "The One with the Prom Video" was ranked no. 100 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time. In 2013, Friends ranked no. 24 on the Writers Guild of America's 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time, and no. 28 on TV Guide's 60 Best TV Series of All Time.
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friends
Friends are people who share a strong bond of mutual affection, trust, and support. They provide companionship, emotional support, and understanding, creating a sense of belonging and acceptance. Friends typically enjoy spending time together, engaging in various activities, and sharing common interests and values. They are there for each other during both joyful and challenging moments, offering encouragement, empathy, and advice. Friendship is characterized by loyalty, respect, and the willingness to invest time and effort into the relationship.
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Friends
Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. The original executive producers were Crane, Kauffman and Kevin S. Bright, with numerous others being promoted in later seasons. Kauffman and Crane began developing Friends under the title Insomnia Cafe in November/December 1993. They presented the idea to Bright, with whom they had previously worked, and together they pitched a seven-page treatment of the series to NBC. After several script rewrites and changes, including a second title change to Friends Like Us, the series was finally named Friends and premiered on NBC's coveted Thursday 8:30 pm timeslot. Filming for the series took place at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California in front of a live studio audience. The series finale, airing on May 6, 2004, was watched by 51.1 million American viewers, making it the fourth most watched series finale in television history and the most watched episode of the decade.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Friends
Persons whom one knows, likes, and trusts.
Editors Contribution
friends
Plural form of the word friend.
Our family and friends are a gift to our souls.
Submitted by MaryC on April 17, 2020
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
FRIENDS
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Friends is ranked #61123 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Friends surname appeared 329 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Friends.
66.2% or 218 total occurrences were White.
27.6% or 91 total occurrences were Black.
3.3% or 11 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.4% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'friends' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #653
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'friends' in Written Corpus Frequency: #791
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of friends in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of friends in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of friends in a Sentence
I understand that young people are tired, that they are tired of using face masks, that it seems fun to meet up with their friends and then see their families, the risk is that they end up infecting their parents, or grandparents, or the parents and grandparents of others.
As a transgender man myself, I see a lot of show runners coming to me and asking about any transgender actors I know of, that's how it's been - a loose network of transgender people who have these databases of friends and acquaintances. Otherwise the casting system is just not set up to search for them.
In general, any system can be defeated this way or that. Some are harder and some are easier, the rule of thumb is that if your friends have a system that you are interested in, you can learn all kinds of things about it.
With true friends...even water drunk together is sweet enough.
He hardly had any friends, he would come with his little son at night to pray and after he would leave.
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- اصحابArabic
- přáteléCzech
- vennerDanish
- FreundeGerman
- οι φιλοιGreek
- amikojEsperanto
- amigosSpanish
- دوستانPersian
- ystävätFinnish
- amisFrench
- cairdeIrish
- मित्रHindi
- barátokHungarian
- Ը� կեր� երArmenian
- temanIndonesian
- amiciItalian
- חבריםHebrew
- 友人Japanese
- ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರುKannada
- 친구Korean
- amicis,Latin
- vriendenDutch
- vennerNorwegian
- przyjacielePolish
- amigosPortuguese
- prieteniRomanian
- друзьяRussian
- vännerSwedish
- நண்பர்கள்Tamil
- స్నేహితులుTelugu
- เพื่อนThai
- ArkadaşTurkish
- друзівUkrainian
- دوستUrdu
- bạnVietnamese
- פרייַנדYiddish
- 朋友Chinese
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