girlfriendgirl‧friend /ˈɡɜːlfrend $ ˈɡɜːrl-/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] 
He’s never had a girlfriend.somebody’s girlfriend He lives in Chicago with his girlfriend.split up/break up with your girlfriend (=stop having a romantic relationship) one of my ex-girlfriends (=former girlfriends) I didn’t have a steady girlfriend (=one you have a long relationship with).2especially American English a woman or girl’s female friend: She’s out with one of her girlfriends.THESAURUSgirlfriend a girl or woman that you have a romantic relationship with, especially for a fairly long time: · Katherine was his first girlfriend.partner the person you are married to, or the person you are living with and having a sexual relationship with: · He brought his partner along to the party.old flame informal someone who was your girlfriend or boyfriend in the past: · I found a love letter from one of his old flames.mistress a woman that a man has a sexual relationship with even though he is married to someone else. Often used when the man is famous or powerful: · The president had a mistress for many years.lover someone who you have a sexual relationship with, but who you are not married to: · He was going to meet his secret lover.fiancée the woman who a man is going to marry: · Rod plans to marry his fiancée later this year.ex informal a man’s former wife or girlfriend: · My ex looks after the children on Thursdays.be going out with somebody if you are going out with a girl or woman, she is your girlfriend: · She’s going out with a guy she met at work.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- an ex-girlfriend
- Does Mark have a girlfriend?
- I met my brother's new girlfriend last night.
- Katherine is his first girlfriend since breaking up with Maggie.
- Seth is bringing his new girlfriend to Heidi's party.
- Wendell hasn't had a steady girlfriend in years.
- I rushed off to tell my girlfriend at her Catholic convent in Berkshire.
- I wish I had a girlfriend who'd hug and kiss me when I was going to catch a train.
- Stumped for ideas and bewildered over all those girlfriends who lacked belief in him, Henderson decides to psychoanalyze his problems.
- The cottage on the left here was bought by some business type who was going to weekend here with his girlfriend.
THESAURUS
a girl or woman that you have a romantic relationship with, especially for a fairly long time: · Katherine was his first girlfriend.
the person you are married to, or the person you are living with and having a sexual relationship with: · He brought his partner along to the party.
informal someone who was your girlfriend or boyfriend in the past: · I found a love letter from one of his old flames.
a woman that a man has a sexual relationship with even though he is married to someone else. Often used when the man is famous or powerful: · The president had a mistress for many years.
someone who you have a sexual relationship with, but who you are not married to: · He was going to meet his secret lover.
the woman who a man is going to marry: · Rod plans to marry his fiancée later this year.
informal a man’s former wife or girlfriend: · My ex looks after the children on Thursdays.
if you are going out with a girl or woman, she is your girlfriend: · She’s going out with a guy she met at work.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone that you have a romantic or sexual relationship with a girl or woman that you have a romantic relationship with, especially for a fairly long time: somebody's girlfriend: · I met my brother's new girlfriend last night.· Katherine is his first girlfriend since breaking up with Maggie.have a girlfriend: · Does Mark have a girlfriend?old/ex-/former girlfriend (=someone who used to be your girlfriend): · Denver police said the suspect had earlier made threats to kill his ex-girlfriend and then himself.serious/steady girlfriend (=a girlfriend that you have a serious romantic relationship with): · Wendell hasn't had a steady girlfriend in years.
a boy or man that you have a romantic relationship with, especially for a fairly long time : somebody's boyfriend: · Josh was my first boyfriend.· All she does is talk about her boyfriend.have a boyfriend: · I was talking to this guy at the bar and he starting asking me whether I was married or had a boyfriend.old/ex-/former boyfriend (=someone who used to be your boyfriend): · Oh, my God! I've just seen Barry, my ex-boyfriend.serious/steady boyfriend (=a boyfriend that you have a serious romantic relationship with): · Sarah's doing well and has a serious boyfriend, Michael, whom she plans to marry next year.
someone that you have a serious romantic and sexual relationship with, especially someone that you live with: · Sweden allows gay partners to receive many of the benefits awarded to heterosexual married couples.sexual partner: · The survey found that only about one of every four men had had ten or more sexual partners over their lifetime.
a woman who has a sexual relationship with a man who is married to someone else: · She thought that her husband had a mistress but could not prove it.· The former Prime Minister's wife and mistress both attended the funeral.
someone who you have a sexual relationship with, without being married to them: somebody's lover: · That night she received a call from her lover.have a lover: · Over her lifetime, Catherine had many lovers.become lovers: · A few nights later, they became lovers.be lovers: · Kilpatrick claims that she and the congressman were once lovers.
informal someone who was your girlfriend or boyfriend in the past: · In a box in the closet, I found love letters from one of his old flames.· After 17 years of marriage, he left his wife for an old flame he ran into at a high school reunion.
to have a girlfriend or boyfriend to have someone as your girlfriend or boyfriend: · She's going out with some guy she met at work.· Can you believe she's going out with him?be going out together: · Jack and I have been going out together for four years.
to have a romantic or sexual relationship with someone, especially a relationship that is not very serious and does not last very long: · Do you know if Tanya's seeing anyone at the moment?· Her husband, whom she adored, confessed that he had been seeing other women.
to have a serious romantic relationship with someone - used especially about young people: · We've been going steady since our sophomore year.· Samantha went steady with her high school boyfriend for more than a year before they had sex.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He’s never had a girlfriend. one of my ex-girlfriends (=former girlfriends) I didn’t have a steady girlfriend (=one you have a long relationship with).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
He’s never had a girlfriend. (=stop having a romantic relationship)
one of my ex-girlfriends (=former girlfriends) I didn’t have a steady girlfriend (=one you have a long relationship with).· Lisa, Phil's ex-girlfriend.· Staley is serving a 15-to 25-year state prison sentence for stalking his ex-girlfriend.
· Trying to impress his new girlfriend.· I liked his new girlfriend.-Apple pie was invented in Irondale.· Your new girlfriend appears on the centrefold of Sub-aqua Answers.· The Press'll expect that if you're my new girlfriend.· Harry had been suspicious from the moment Jack had introduced him to his new girlfriend.· Uh, my new girlfriend, I think.· Each new boyfriend or girlfriend sent a frisson of anxiety through the group that grew into a wave of revulsion.
· She also found it intolerable to have her husband's old girlfriends around.· Sure, he ensconced his old girlfriend Wendy Linka out there.· My old girlfriend Happy Klein gets a lead.· According to Bloomington, Ind., police, Wilkerson struck his 20-year-old girlfriend in the face.
· The court had already heard how Westmore James went to Banbury to see his pregnant girlfriend.· A FATHER-to-be kicked and punched his pregnant girlfriend in a row.
· Now at 16 Steven has a steady girlfriend of 15, who he has been going out with for several months.· Then, he started getting interested in banger-racing and got a steady girlfriend.
NOUN· The most publicized was Nebraska running back Lawrence Phillips, who is on probation after assaulting a former girlfriend.· He meant that the manager of I.. Magnin was a former girlfriend.
VERB· He has struggled on social security to bring up Louis with girlfriend Debbie Blount.
· On bail: A man accused of killing his 21-year-old girlfriend has been released on conditional bail by Sedgefield magistrates.· The crescendo of firearms climaxed when a 20-year-old man accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend.
· They met some girlfriends of Jessica's, and ended up having cakes and coffee and a laugh.
· His father died, he lost his job and he split up with his girlfriend, Darlington magistrates heard.
· He told his girlfriend he thought he had run over a box.· I rushed off to tell my girlfriend at her Catholic convent in Berkshire.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1a girl or woman that you are having a romantic relationship with: - In any case, life was much too enjoyable to think about steady boyfriends.
- It would have to be with a steady boyfriend.
- Now at 16 Steven has a steady girlfriend of 15, who he has been going out with for several months.
- The first year at university I had a very steady boyfriend who was doing a similar course as me but mechanical engineering.
- Then, he started getting interested in banger-racing and got a steady girlfriend.
He’s never had a girlfriend.somebody’s girlfriend He lives in Chicago with his girlfriend.split up/break up with your girlfriend (=stop having a romantic relationship) one of my ex-girlfriends (=former girlfriends) I didn’t have a steady girlfriend (=one you have a long relationship with).2especially American English a woman or girl’s female friend: She’s out with one of her girlfriends.THESAURUSgirlfriend a girl or woman that you have a romantic relationship with, especially for a fairly long time: · Katherine was his first girlfriend.partner the person you are married to, or the person you are living with and having a sexual relationship with: · He brought his partner along to the party.old flame informal someone who was your girlfriend or boyfriend in the past: · I found a love letter from one of his old flames.mistress a woman that a man has a sexual relationship with even though he is married to someone else. Often used when the man is famous or powerful: · The president had a mistress for many years.lover someone who you have a sexual relationship with, but who you are not married to: · He was going to meet his secret lover.fiancée the woman who a man is going to marry: · Rod plans to marry his fiancée later this year.ex informal a man’s former wife or girlfriend: · My ex looks after the children on Thursdays.be going out with somebody if you are going out with a girl or woman, she is your girlfriend: · She’s going out with a guy she met at work.