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make friends

/meɪk fɹɛn(d)z/

make friends verb: to form friendships with others.

Verb

make friends (third-person singular simple present makes friends, present participle making friends, simple past and past participle made friends)

  1. (intransitive) To form friendships with others.
    • He hasn't made friends easily at his new school.
  2. To befriend.
    • He made friends with his new neighbour.
    • I tried to be a friend to Jane but we never really made friends. She was never a friend to me.
    Synonyms:
    befriend

make friends meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Arabic and Vietnamese

make friends in Tamil

to create friendships
நட்புவை naṭpuvai
to befriend, to become closer
பழகு paḻaku

make friends in Malayalam

to make friends, befriend
കൂട്ടുകൂടുക kūṭṭukūṭuka

make friends in Arabic

to befriend, to become closer
صَادَقَ ṣādaqa

make friends in Vietnamese

to create friendships
kết bạn

Synonyms of make friends

Forms of make friends

third-person singular presentmakes friends
present participlemaking friends
past participlemade friends
pastmade friends

Origin of make friends

From Middle English maken frendes, equivalent to make + friends.

Questions about make friends

What does make friends mean?
Make friends means to form friendships with others.
What is make friends in Tamil?
Make friends in Tamil is நட்புவை (naṭpuvai), பழகு (paḻaku). See Make friends meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is make friends?
Make friends is a verb.
How do you pronounce make friends?
Make friends is pronounced /meɪk fɹɛn(d)z/.
What is the past tense of make friends?
The past tense of make friends is made friends.

Words near make friends in the dictionary

  1. make for
  2. make foul water
  3. make free of
  4. make free with
  5. make friendly
  6. make friends
  7. make fun of
  8. make game of
  9. make garden
  10. make good
  11. make good on

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: make friends (page history and authors); കൂട്ടുകൂടുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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