imaginary friend

collocation in English

meaningsofimaginaryandfriend

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imaginary
adjective
uk
/ɪˈmædʒ.ɪ.nər.i/us
/ɪˈmædʒ.ə.ner.i/
Something that is imaginary is created by and exists only in ...
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friend
noun[C]
uk
/frend/us
/frend/
a person who you know well and who you like a lot, but who is usually not a member of ...
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(Definition ofimaginaryandfriendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimaginary friend

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For one suchimaginaryfriend, life has been empty.
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If a child stops believing in animaginaryfriendbefore they are meant to, theimaginaryfriendwill transform into a boogeyman.
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Snuffy is also seen, although in this skit he really is animaginaryfriend.
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Colene was unaware of the proper spelling at the time she named herimaginaryfriend.
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I have a deep love for the viewer; they are myimaginaryfriend.
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Some journalists have related this to the concept of a guardian angel orimaginaryfriend.
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Introducing herself as hisimaginaryfriend, she convinced the boy to keep her existence a secret.
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One day, to her surprise, herimaginaryfriendappears, and seems real.
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Each month for three years he wrote a letter to animaginaryfriendabout visiting something in the universe or journeying to the past to visit an astronomer.
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The film tells the story of a young boy who creates animaginaryfriendto assist him with the trials of having to learn about hospice and the dying process.
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