friend

/frend/ noun [C]

Translation

› someone who you know well and like

arkadaş, dost

Sarah's my best friend (= the friend I like most). Gordon is a friend of mine. I'm going to New York to visit some friends.641

an old friend › someone who you have known and liked for a long time

eski bir arkadaş

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be friends (with sb) › to know and like someone

dost/arkadaş olmak; tanışıyor olmak

I have been friends with Jo for years.641

make friends (with sb) › to begin to know and like someone

arkadaş/dost olmaya başlamak

He's shy and finds it difficult to make friends.641

(Definition of friend noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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