See best friend in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "best friend forever"
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"ref": "1994, Penny Vincenzi, Wicked Pleasures, →ISBN, page 46:",
"text": "I know you and Virginia are on best-friend terms.",
"type": "quote"
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"ref": "2001, Lauren, “To me a best friend is everything”, in Marilyn Kielbasa, Janet Claussen, editors, Listen for a Whisper: Prayers, Poems, and Reflections by Girls, →ISBN:",
"text": "A best friend is always there for you, even when no one else is.",
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"ref": "2004, Kenneth D. George, Keeping Mr. Right, →ISBN:",
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}
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"An especially close and trusted friend."
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"ref": "2005, Jeff Davidson, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Things Done, Penguin, →ISBN, page 212:",
"text": "You might even say, the bigger the problem, the greater your creative potential. The problem you're facing is your best friend because it will help to bring out the best in you.",
"type": "quote"
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{
"ref": "2006, Christopher Duncan, The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World, Apress, →ISBN:",
"text": "As an entrepreneur, a conservative financial outlook is your best friend. Live to fight another day. Running a business also involves a host of legal issues. Talk to some people you respect and trust, get some recommendations, and hire a good lawyer and accountant.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Art Seamans, I See, Said the Blind Man, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 48:",
"text": "An instructor informed us that in battle, your rifle is your best friend.",
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"word": "boon companion"
},
{
"word": "BFF"
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{
"word": "bestie"
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{
"word": "bosom friend"
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"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "naj-dobǎ́r prijátel",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "най-добъ́р прия́тел"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naj-dobrá prijátelka",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "най-добра́ прия́телка"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "millor amic"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "millor amiga"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zuìhǎo de péngyou",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "最好的朋友"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "parim sõber"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "paras kaveri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "bestis"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meilleur ami"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meilleure amie"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bester Freund"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "beste Freundin"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kollitós",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κολλητός"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kollití",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κολλητή"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sabse acchā dost",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "सबसे अच्छा दोस्त"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "besti vinur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "besta vinkona"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "teman akrab"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "sahabat akrab"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "teman karib"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "sahabat karib"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "kawan akrab"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "kawan karib"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "príomhchara"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dlúthchara"
},
{
"alt": "切親",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeolchin",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "절친"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bepeu",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "베프"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "kawan rapat"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "sahabat rapat"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "teman rapat"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "rakan rapat"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "kawan karib"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "sahabat karib"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "teman karib"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "rakan karib"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"also",
"masculine",
"separable"
],
"word": "bestevenn"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bestevenninne"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"also",
"masculine",
"separable"
],
"word": "besteven"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bestevenn"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "besteveninne"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "bestevenninne"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "przyjaciel"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "przyjaciółka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melhor amigo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "melhores amigos"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melhor amiga"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "melhores amigas"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cel mai bun prieten"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cea mai bună prietenă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prijátelʹ",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "прия́тель"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prijátelʹnica",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "прия́тельница"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mejor amigo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mejor amiga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bästa vän"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bäste vän"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bästis"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "matalik na kaibigan"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "beshie"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "bes"
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{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "neruṅkiya naṇpaṉ",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "நெருங்கிய நண்பன்"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "ciṟanta naṇpaṉ",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "சிறந்த நண்பன்"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"word": "kanka"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "najkráščyj druh",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "найкра́щий друг"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "an especially close and trusted friend",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ffrind pennaf"
}
],
"word": "best friend"
}
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