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# schoolfriend

noun (a schoolfriend, schoolfriends)

«schoolfriend» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A friend you know from school, especially one in your class or year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolfriend/#m1)
2. (adult use) An old friend from your schooldays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolfriend/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and everyday life children play with schoolfriends after school and invite them to parties. Adults meet «old schoolfriends» years later. In maths: «Mia invites 8 schoolfriends; each gets 3 balloons». Phrases: «an old schoolfriend», «schoolfriends' party».

### Examples

- I invited five schoolfriends to my party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolfriend/#x1)
- Dad met an old schoolfriend at the shops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolfriend/#x2)
- My schoolfriend Kai lives near the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolfriend/#x3)
- We walk home with our schoolfriends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolfriend/#x4)
- Each of 6 schoolfriends brought 2 snacks — 12 in all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolfriend/#x5)
- She writes to her schoolfriend in Ireland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolfriend/#x6)

### Note

Countable: schoolfriends. Also written «school friend» (two words, more common in the US). Similar: classmate (in the same class), schoolmate.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «schoolfriend» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolfriend/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«schoolfriend» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/schoolfriend.html) on Mova free.