Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

little friend

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.22 in modern English

Syllables: lit-tle friend
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A natural number which when added to another number equals 5.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, friend.

Example Sentences

"The little friend of 2 is 3 because 2 + 3 = 5."
"In Sessions 6 and 7, the little friends (terminology that refers to the numbers that are missing to reach another number, e.g., the number 1 is missing 4 to reach 5, so 1 is a little friend of 4) were applied in addition to being used when a calculation could not be performed directly because there were not enough pieces in the row to be added. In Sessions 8 and 9, the same little friends were used, but, in this case, when there are not enough pieces in the row to be subtracted."

Inflected Forms

little friends (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

big friend

Synonyms

small friend

Questions

What does little friend mean?: A natural number which when added to another number equals 5.

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