Meaning of familiar | Babel Free

Definitions

1. known
2. Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
3. well-known, famous, renowned
4. Acquainted.
5. Intimate or friendly.
6. acquaintance, known person
7. Of or pertaining to a family; familial.
8. friend

Equivalents

Examples

“There’s a familiar face; that tune sounds familiar.”

“The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.”

“Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.”

“I'm quite familiar with this system; she's not familiar with manual gears.”

“We are on familiar terms now; our neighbour is not familiar”

“Don’t be familiar with me, boy!”

“Be thou familiar; but by no meanes vulgar:[…]”

“1822, Lord Byron, Werner familiar feuds”

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