friendliness
gb/fɹˈɛndlinəs/ us/fɹˈɛndlinəs/
B1
Engleză
~ 10000
Sensuri
0 sensuri
Substantiv
B1
property
1
warm and kind attitude to people
The quality of being warm, kind, and easy to talk to.
Tipar de utilizare:
[someone]'s friendliness toward/to [someone]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes confuse 'friendliness' with 'friendship'. 'Friendliness' is a quality of behavior (e.g., 'I like her friendliness'), while 'friendship' is the relationship between people (e.g., 'We have a strong friendship'). Another common mistake is saying *'He has a friendliness with me'* instead of 'He shows friendliness toward me' or 'He is friendly to me'.
Sinonime
warmth (Emphasizes emotional closeness and care, slightly more emotional than 'friendliness'.)
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amiability (More formal; suggests an easy, pleasant manner similar to 'friendliness'.)
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kindness (Focuses on doing good or helpful things, not always on being open and sociable.)
Antonime
hostility (Suggests active unfriendliness or anger instead of a warm, kind attitude.)
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coldness (Lack of warmth or openness in social behavior, the opposite of friendly behavior.)
Colocații
warm friendliness
|genuine friendliness
|show friendliness
|a smile of friendliness
|friendliness to strangers
|warmth and friendliness
Teme
emotions
|social
|daily life
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
Exemple
- Her friendliness made the new employees feel welcome on their first day.
- I was surprised by the friendliness of the local people in such a big city.
- The teacher's friendliness helps nervous students relax in class.
- Despite his position, he treats everyone with the same quiet friendliness.
- They were touched by the friendliness they received from complete strangers.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- Her friendliness makes it easy to talk to her.
- The staff showed great friendliness to the guests.
- We were happy about the friendliness of our neighbors.
- His smile showed real friendliness.
- I will remember the friendliness of the people in that town.
Substantiv
B2
property
2
ease or safety for users/things
How easy or safe something is for a special group or thing, for example for users or for the environment.
Tipar de utilizare:
[something]'s friendliness to/toward [users/thing]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes say *'friendliness of users'* when they mean 'user-friendliness', which actually means how friendly the system is to users, not how friendly the users are. Another mistake is using 'friendliness' alone when a compound is needed, for example saying *'the friendliness of this car'* instead of 'the environmental friendliness of this car' or 'this car’s eco-friendliness'.
Sinonime
usability (Technical term mainly used for how easy software or products are to use; does not cover environmental aspects.)
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eco-friendliness (Focuses only on low harm to the environment, not on ease of use for people.)
Antonime
harmfulness (Opposite in the environmental sense; describes causing damage rather than being safe or gentle.)
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complexity (Opposite in the usability sense; something complex is harder and less friendly to users.)
Colocații
user-friendliness
|environmental friendliness
|customer friendliness
|friendliness to the environment
|software friendliness
|interface friendliness
Teme
technology
|business
|environment
|core_vocabulary
Exemple
- The new app’s user-friendliness was the main reason for its success.
- They improved the website’s friendliness to first-time visitors by simplifying the menus.
- Environmental friendliness is now a key selling point for many car brands.
- The report questions the policy’s friendliness toward small businesses.
- We need to increase the customer friendliness of our return process.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- User-friendliness is very important for a phone app.
- The company cares about the environmental friendliness of its products.
- We want to improve the friendliness of the system to new users.
- The software’s friendliness to beginners makes it popular.
- They tested the website for user-friendliness before launch.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
friendliness
IPA
GB/fɹˈɛndlinəs/
US/fɹˈɛndlinəs/
Silabe și accent
friend - li - ness (3 silabe)
Stress on 1st syllable (friend)
Forme ale cuvântului
Noun
- Base: friendliness
- Plural: friendliness
Familie de cuvinte
Core family
Related words
befriend
verb
Negative and opposite forms
unfriendly
adjective B1
friendless
adjective
Advanced or less common
unfriend
verb
Expresii
environmental friendliness
1/ɪnvˌaɪɹənmˈɛntəl fɹˈɛndlinəs/
fixed phrase
low harm to the environment
How little something hurts nature, for example the air, water, plants, and animals.
Exemple
- Consumers are paying more attention to the environmental friendliness of the products they buy.
- The company advertises the environmental friendliness of its new packaging.
- Governments often give tax breaks to cars with high environmental friendliness.
user-friendliness
1/jˈuzɚ fɹˈɛndlinəs/
fixed phrase
ease of use for users
How easy a product, website, or machine is for people to use and understand.
Exemple
- The user-friendliness of the new banking app has attracted many older customers.
- We chose this software for its user-friendliness rather than for its advanced features.
- Improving user-friendliness should be our top design goal.
warmth and friendliness
1/wˈɔɹmθ ˈænd fɹˈɛndlinəs/
fixed phrase
combined warm and friendly manner
A way of acting that is both warm and very friendly to other people.
Exemple
- We were greeted with great warmth and friendliness when we arrived.
- Her warmth and friendliness make new students feel at home right away.