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familiar Adjective 1. well-known 2. frequent or common: it was a familiar argument 3. familiar with well acquainted with 4. friendly and informal 5. more intimate than is acceptable Noun 1. an animal or bird believed to share with a witch her supernatural powers 2. a friend [Latin familia family] familiarly adv
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familiar adjective 1. well-known, household, everyday, recognized, common, stock, domestic, repeated, ordinary, conventional, routine, frequent, accustomed, customary, mundane, recognizable, common or garden (informal) << OPPOSITE unfamiliar adjective 2. friendly, close, dear, intimate, confidential, amicable, chummy (informal) buddy-buddy (slang), chiefly U.S., Canad. palsy-walsy (informal) << OPPOSITE formal adjective 3. relaxed, open, easy, friendly, free, near, comfortable, intimate, casual, informal, amicable, cordial, free-and-easy, unreserved, unconstrained, unceremonious, hail-fellow-well-met adjective 4. disrespectful, forward, bold, presuming, intrusive, presumptuous, impudent, overfamiliar, overfree familiar with acquainted with, aware of, introduced to, conscious of, at home with, no stranger to, informed about, abreast of, knowledgeable about, versed in, well up in, proficient in, conversant with, on speaking terms with, in the know about, au courant with, au fait with Translationsto make o.s. familiar with → familiarizarse con; to be familiar with sth → connaître qch; to make o.s. familiar with sth → se familiariser avec qch; (intimate) → vertraulich; to be familiar with [+ subject] → conoscere; to make o.s. familiar with → familiarizzarsi con; to be on familiar terms with → essere in confidenza con |
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In an image of a well-known face, for example, some parts may feel more familiar than others; when this happens, we have more belief in the accuracy of the familiar parts than in that of the unfamiliar parts. I gazed around at the old familiar objects, at the old familiar grey and gloomy objects. At that moment it struck me that there was something familiar about the house over the way. |
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