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What does befriend mean

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"Befriend" is a verb that means to become friends with someone or to act in a friendly manner towards them. It involves forming a friendly relationship or offering support and kindness. The term can also imply helping someone feel welcome or included in a social context.

I thought it was to become friends with your enemy or someone u don’t like

While "befriend" generally means to make friends with someone, it can certainly be used in the context of reaching out to an enemy or someone you do not particularly like in an effort to reconcile or improve the relationship. In that sense, it can imply a deliberate act of friendship toward someone with whom one has had disagreements or conflicts. However, the broader definition encompasses making friends with anyone, not just those with whom you have a contentious relationship.

So befriend means… to make a friend, right

Yes, that's correct! "Befriend" means to make a friend or to establish a friendly relationship with someone. It involves offering kindness, support, and companionship, and can apply to any situation where two people become friends, regardless of their previous relationship.

Seeing the word friend for a long time makes it sound weird

It's interesting how repeated exposure to a word can make it seem strange or even nonsensical! This phenomenon is known as "semantic satiation." When you say or think about a word too many times in a short period, it can lose its meaning and start to sound like just a collection of sounds. If you take a break and come back to the word later, it will often sound normal again. Language can be quite fascinating that way!

Is it
Possible to be born in the same year as your sibling but not be twins or anything

Yes, it is possible for siblings to be born in the same year without being twins or multiples. This can happen in a few different ways, such as:

  1. Close Birth Dates: If one sibling is born early in the year (e.g., January) and another sibling is born later in the same year (e.g., December), they can be born in the same calendar year but are not twins.

  2. Multiple Births with Gaps: In rare cases, during a multiple birth (e.g., twins or triplets), one baby could be born just before midnight on December 31 and the next one just after midnight on January 1 of the following year, resulting in siblings being born in different years but within a very short time frame. However, in this case, they would technically be twins.

  3. Adoption: If siblings are adopted in the same year, they can also be considered siblings even if they weren't born to the same parents.

So, while most typically think of twins when siblings are born very close together in time, there are indeed scenarios where siblings can share the same birth year without being twins!