"Friends" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /fɹɛndz/ Audio: en-us-friends.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛndz Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Friends
  1. The title of an American television situation comedy; Friends.
    Sense id: en-Friends-en-name-tSrGgsHx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 48 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 59 37 3
  2. The Quakers; the Society of Friends.
    Sense id: en-Friends-en-name-6W-bzIFR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 48 3

Noun

IPA: /fɹɛndz/ Audio: en-us-friends.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛndz Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} Friends
  1. plural of Friend Tags: form-of, plural Form of: Friend Categories (topical): Quakerism
    Sense id: en-Friends-en-noun-NtL-ArLc Disambiguation of Quakerism: 18 21 62

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