{
    "term": "friendship",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a relationship between friends",
            "sensetop": "friendship with somebodyfriendship between A and B",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They formed a **close friendship** at college."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a lasting/lifelong friendship"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to forge/develop/cultivate a friendship"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He seemed to have already struck up *(= begun)* a friendship with Jo.",
                    "contextForm": "friendship with somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's the story of an extraordinary friendship between a boy and a seal.",
                    "contextForm": "friendship between A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Friendships need time to develop."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He finds it difficult to make lasting friendships."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's keen on cultivating his friendship with the Edwards family."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How can you let such a silly incident ruin your friendship?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a period of her life when she made some lifelong friendships."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It will be a pleasure to renew our friendship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their affair had started out as an innocent friendship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their quarrel meant the end of a beautiful friendship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "friendships formed while she was at college"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Family and relationships"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["deep", "firm", "good"],
                "verb + friendship": ["build", "develop", "establish"],
                "friendship + verb": ["develop", "grow", "begin"],
                "preposition": ["friendship between", "friendship with"],
                "phrases": [
                    "bonds of friendship",
                    "ties of friendship",
                    "the hand of friendship"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the feeling or relationship that friends have; the state of being friends",
            "sensetop": "friendship for somebody",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Your friendship is very important to me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a conference to promote international friendship"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was largely out of friendship for him that I agreed to come to Turin.",
                    "contextForm": "friendship for somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He extended the hand of friendship towards his former enemy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was jealous of the friendship between his wife and daughters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In a gesture of friendship she invited them to her wedding."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please accept this gift as a token of our friendship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We hope the spirit of friendship and cooperation between our countries will remain strong."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They made vows of eternal friendship to each other."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She offended them by turning down their offer of friendship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ties of friendship between us will never be broken."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He betrayed our friendship by revealing my secret to his cousin."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We cemented our friendship with a beer."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["deep", "firm", "good"],
                "verb + friendship": ["build", "develop", "establish"],
                "friendship + verb": ["develop", "grow", "begin"],
                "preposition": ["friendship between", "friendship with"],
                "phrases": [
                    "bonds of friendship",
                    "ties of friendship",
                    "the hand of friendship"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfrendʃɪp/",
                "audio": "fr/friendship/friendship__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfrendʃɪp/",
                "audio": "fr/friendship/friendship__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English frēondscipe (see friend, -ship)."
}