friendlies
- 1Plural of friendly.
The national side scheduled two friendlies against European opponents.
Several friendlies were canceled because of the storm.
Note
Two quite different groups share this plural, because the noun friendly has two lives. On a sports page, friendlies are games that count for nothing in rankings or betting. In a conflict, they are the people or units on one's own side. The surrounding words settle which is meant: friendlies are scheduled and played, but friendlies are also spotted, protected or mistaken for the enemy.
The patrol held its fire until it could confirm the figures on the ridge were friendlies.
Pilots were warned that friendlies were operating close to the target area.
friendlies is a form of friendly
friendly, noun: A match played for practice or enjoyment rather than as part of a league or competition. Full entry
- Forms
- friendlyfriendlies plural
- Spelling
- friendly → friendlies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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