how to pronounce befriend

/bɪˈfɹɛnd/

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befriend is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of befriend in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… week afterwards I got to befriend more …”

meanings of befriend

verb:

To act as a friend to, to assist.
To favor.
To become a friend of, to make friends with.

befriend frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word befriend occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics befriend can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that befriend can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;