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FRATERNISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fraternise mean? 

FRATERNISE (verb)
  The verb FRATERNISE has 1 sense:

1. be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemyplay

  Familiarity information: FRATERNISE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FRATERNISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they fraternise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it fraternises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: fraternised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: fraternised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: fraternising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

fraternise; fraternize

Hypernyms (to "fraternise" is one way to...):

socialise; socialize (take part in social activities; interact with others)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

fraternisation (associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way; especially with an enemy)

fraternity (people engaged in a particular occupation)


 Context examples 


Had there been in White Fang's nature any possibility, no matter how remote, of his ever coming to fraternise with his kind, such possibility was irretrievably destroyed when he was made leader of the sled-team.

(White Fang, by Jack London)



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