familiar

familiar: adj.

1 well-known

VERBS

▪ be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound

▪ The place felt faintly familiar to me.

▪ become

▪ make sth

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪ awfully

▪ His face looked awfully familiar.

▪ entirely

▪ increasingly

▪ faintly, reasonably, vaguely

▪ enough

▪ The report's conclusions were already familiar enough to the government.

▪ already

▪ immediately, instantly

▪ His face was instantly familiar, even after all those years.

▪ somehow

▪ a name that was somehow familiar

▪ curiously, eerily, oddly, strangely

▪ Her face looked strangely familiar.

▪ comfortingly

▪ The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and comfortingly familiar.

▪ all too, depressingly, hauntingly (esp. AmE), horribly (esp. BrE), painfully, sickeningly

▪ a situation which has become all too familiar to most teachers

PREPOSITION

▪ to

▪ The name sounded vaguely familiar to her.

2 familiar with sth having a good knowledge of sth

VERBS

▪ be, seem

▪ become, get, grow

▪ I was now getting much more familiar with the local area.

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪ intimately

▪ completely, fully, thoroughly

▪ You will need to be thoroughly familiar with our procedures.

▪ overly

▪ I'm not overly familiar with these issues.

▪ increasingly

▪ reasonably

▪ remotely

▪ Anyone even remotely familiar with Germany knows that beer plays a significant role in its culture.

▪ already

Familiar is used with these nouns: ↑ache, ↑complaint, ↑dilemma, ↑example, ↑face, ↑feeling, ↑figure, ↑ground, ↑image, ↑landmark, ↑melody, ↑name, ↑object, ↑odour, ↑pang, ↑pattern, ↑phrase, ↑refrain, ↑routine, ↑scenario, ↑scene, ↑scent, ↑sensation, ↑shape, ↑sight, ↑smell, ↑sound, ↑story, ↑surroundings, ↑tale, ↑terrain, ↑territory, ↑theme, ↑tune, ↑turf, ↑voice

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familiär — familiär … Deutsch Wörterbuch
familiar — adjetivo 1. De la familia: una reunión familiar. El ambiente familiar me relaja mucho. planificación* familiar. vida familiar. 2. Que es muy conocido: Su cara me resulta muy familiar. Su voz le era muy familiar. Aquel sonido familiar me… … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
familiar — 1 Familiar, intimate, close, confidential, chummy, thick are comparable when meaning near to one another because of constant or frequent association, shared interests and activities, or common sympathies, or, when applied to words or acts,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Familiar — Fa*mil iar, a. [OE. familer, familier, F. familier, fr. L. familiaris, fr. familia family. See {Family}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a family; domestic. Familiar feuds. Byron. Syn: familial. [1913 Webster] 2. Closely acquainted or intimate, as a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Familiar — Семейство ОС Linux Последняя версия v0.8.4 20 августа 2006 Интерфейс OPIE или GPE Состояние Активное Веб сайт … Википедия
familiar — FAMILIÁR, Ă, familiari, e, adj. 1. (Despre exprimare, limbaj, stil) Care este folosit în (sau apropiat de) vorbirea obişnuită; simplu, fără pretenţii. ♦ (Despre atitudini, comportări etc.; p. ext. despre oameni) Simplu, prietenos, apropiat; p.… … Dicționar Român
familiar — [fə mil′yər] adj. [ME familier < OFr < L familiaris, of a household, domestic < familia, FAMILY] 1. Archaic having to do with a family 2. friendly, informal, or intimate [to be on familiar terms] 3. too friendly; unduly intimate or bold; … English World dictionary
familiar — [adj1] common, well known accustomed, commonplace, conventional, customary, domestic, everyday, frequent, garden variety*, habitual, homespun, household, humble, informal, intimate, known, matter of fact, mundane, native, natural, old hat*,… … New thesaurus
familiar — ► ADJECTIVE 1) well known through long or close association. 2) frequently encountered; common. 3) (familiar with) having a good knowledge of. 4) in close friendship. 5) inappropriately intimate or informal. ► NOUN … English terms dictionary
Familiār — (Familiarist, lat.), Vertrauter, Hausfreund; auch Diener, namentlich in Klöstern und bei der Inquisition; familiär, vertraut, in der Weise eines zur Familie Gehörigen; Familiarität, familiäres Benehmen; sich familiarisieren, sich mit einer Person … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
familiar — I (customary) adjective accepted, accustomed, acknowledged, cliched, common, commonplace, consuetudinary, conventional, current, established, everyday, familiaris, frequent, general, generally seen, habitual, hackneyed, homely, household, humble … Law dictionary

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