fraternity
US: /fɹəˈtɝnəti/, /fɹəˈtɝnɪti/
UK: /fɹɐtˈɜːnɪti/
UK: /fɹɐtˈɜːnɪti/
English Vietnamese dictionary
fraternity /frə'tə:niti/
- danh từ
- tình anh em
- phường hội
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) hội học sinh đại học
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun (plural fraternities)
1 [C+sing./pl. v.] a group of people sharing the same profession, interests or beliefs: members of the medical / banking / racing fraternity
2 (also AmE informal frat) [C] a club for a group of male students at an American college or university
Compare: SORORITY
3 [U] (formal) a feeling of friendship and support that exists between the members of a group: the ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 community, brotherhood, crowd, set, clique, coterie, circle, society, US club:
Rumours have been circulating in the academic fraternity for months.
2 brotherliness, kinship, fellowship, camaraderie, sodality, comradeship, friendship, companionship, relatedness, closeness, association, affiliation, solidarity, unity, esprit de corps, clannishness:
A sense of fraternity prevents them from betraying one another.
3 company, guild, clan, league, club, union, society, association:
She has joined the fraternity of legal clerks.
Concise English dictionary
fraternitiesfrə'tɜrnətɪ /-'tɜːn-
noun
+a social club for male undergraduates
+people engaged in a particular occupation
