Definitions for friends
friends

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1. friends(Noun)

   Participants in a two-way friendship relationship.

2. Friends(ProperNoun)

   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

How to say friends in sign language?

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. Bernie Sanders:

   I am here to ask you to bring out your friends and your family and your co-workers so that we have the largest voter turnout in the history of Massachusetts.

2. The Sun-Times:

   Valdez told reporters that detectives learned that the victim met several juveniles who she thought were her friends. These girls then taught her how to flash gang signs and as this was occurring a beating began which was captured on video, he added. Actions depicted in the video are difficult to watch to say the least and I hope that they become a teachable moment for not only these young individuals but actually for all of us, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said.Hate, bullying and bigotry are cancers of our society that do nothing but break and divide us.

3. Anthony Bourdain:

   I was sharing a house in Provincetown one summer with a bunch of friends from high school. I was not contributing to the rent, and everybody I was living with was working in seasonal jobs at restaurants either as cooks or floor staff, one night they just said, we need a dishwasher and it’s going to be you, since you are not contributing to the rent. SoI got started as a dishwasher and fell in love with the whole business and the whole subculture.

4. Eustace Budgell:

   Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.

5. J. K. Rowling:

   It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.

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