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1. friendsnoun

   Participants in a two-way friendship relationship.

2. Friendsnoun

   The Quakers; the Society of Friends.

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1. 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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1. 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.

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1. Friends

   Persons whom one knows, likes, and trusts.

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1. 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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1. friends

   Song lyrics by friends -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by friends on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'friends' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #653

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'friends' in Written Corpus Frequency: #791

Anagrams for friends »

1. refinds

2. finders

How to pronounce friends?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of friends in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of friends in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of friends in a Sentence

1. Robert Burton:

   Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.

2. Keith Ammon:

   I made a lot of phone calls for Rand Paul, a lot of friends of mine are enamored by Ted Cruz, but there's something inauthentic about him. I'll probably just be quiet and not endorse another campaign.

3. George Clooney:

   Because I've had friends pick out names around their parents and then it becomes ... whatever name you pick they're like, 'Oh, I don't like that.

4. Oscar Wilde:

   I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   I'm going to keep talking to my old friends, whoever they are, he's been a friend of mine for a long time. He sent me unsolicited emails, which I passed on in some instances, and that's just part of the give-and-take.

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