"friending" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: friendings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} friending (usually uncountable, plural friendings)
  1. (obsolete) A sentiment of friendship Tags: obsolete, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-friending-en-noun-0vM6B9nU
  2. (Internet) An act of adding a person as a friend on a social network. Tags: Internet, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-friending-en-noun-6ON0xYVW

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} friending
  1. present participle and gerund of friend Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: friend Categories (topical): Social media
    Sense id: en-friending-en-verb-3nLWey7T Disambiguation of Social media: 2 38 59 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 10 89 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 11 87

Inflected forms

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