close friend
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcloseandfriend
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close
adjective
uk/kləʊs/us/kloʊs/
having direct family connections or shared beliefs, support, ...
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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 ofcloseandfriendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofclose friend
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In all cases, adolescents were able to name at least oneclosefriendusing these criteria.
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Myclosefriendhad a very different manner of talking about her pregnancy.
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There was, however, no change in the availability of aclosefriendor confidant.
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However, children exposed to marital violence reported feeling more lonely and having more conflict with aclosefriend.
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A business associate andclosefriendof my aunt was recently diagnosed with a massive brain tumor.
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To the military commanders of many of these countries, he strove to become an admired acquaintance, if not aclosefriend.
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The way forward is for the performative/ performing self to place emphasis upon an old,closefriend with archetypal form but also real personal significance.
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The types of events they reported involved death of a spouse, close family member orclosefriendmuch more frequently than the non-patient group.
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With equally 'cold-brained' phlegmatism, he after some time arranged her marriage to aclosefriendand neighbour, a childless man whose fourth wife she became.
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Whether the close family member is a spouse or a parent, or whether a friend is aclosefriendor not, probably affects the results.
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The befriending service was also supportive at specific times, as following the death of a spouse orclosefriend, or during recovery from an illness.
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It was the loss of a veryclosefriend.
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He is aclosefriendand colleague of mine.
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I have in mind a veryclosefriendof mine.
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I have aclosefriendwith distrophic epidermylisis belosa.
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Additionally, the frequency of contact with aclosefriendor relative was rated using the same response range with responses indicating less than monthly to daily.
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However, we also found that the death of aclosefriendor relative (including parent) poses a significantly greater risk for depression for women as compared to men.
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These people were at a significantly higher risk of rest-home admission, when compared to those who had access to a local spouse, adult child orclosefriend.
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