familiar
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- adjective
- /fəˈmɪljər/
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familiar
- Your face is familiar too.
- sounds familiar
- become familiar
- familiar faces
So there is no single familiar way of writing of rewriting this.
- So there is no single familiar way of writing of rewriting this.
- This is a now familiar form, I guess.
- If that sounds familiar, trust your instincts.
- But there is a familiar calculus problem on that.
- Yes, I know the familiar refrain, and we'll make it here.
- So good, but also kind of familiar four months earlier.
Examples
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It's nice to see again all the old familiar faces.
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The tale of the 1939 voyage of the MS St. Louis is familiar to many Americans.
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And you know, this looks familiar, except the eyes are missing.
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Just for people who are not familiar, how big was it?
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And does this sound familiar to any of you guys?
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Is that name familiar to you?
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So are you guys familiar with the Star Wars?
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Why does that sound so familiar?
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Most of us are familiar with fight, flight or freeze.
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The song was so familiar that everyone started singing along.
Synonyms
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Happening often or seen in many places
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Familiar to many people and often talked about
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Familiar with something because you do it often
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Knowing someone or something a little from experience
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Known for a long time and easy to recognize
Antonyms
Compounds
How Familiar
Surface Forms
Etymology
Familiar comes from the Latin familia and familiaris, which mean 'household' or 'family'. So, something familiar feels like it comes from your home or family and is easy to recognize.