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- pronunciation:
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
When something is familiar, many people know about it or have heard about it.
The audience clapped when the band began to play a familiar song. Then people started to sing along.- synonyms:
- famous, well-known
- antonyms:
- alien, foreign, new, strange, unfamiliar
- similar words:
- common, widespread
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| definition 2: |
If something is familiar to you, it is something you already know. If a place is familiar, you have probably been there or lived there before.
We visited my father's home town. He said that things had changed a lot but some things were still familiar.Toni's family stays at the same hotel every year when they go on vacation because they like to stay in a familiar place. |
| definition 3: |
When you are familiar with something, it is not new to you and you know some things about it. If you have read a story many times, you are very familiar with it.
I was familiar with the beginning of the story, but I didn't know how it ended.Noel's grandparents were not familiar with Japanese food, so their dinner at the Japanese restaurant was a new experience for them.- similar words:
- aware, conscious
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| definition 4: |
When people are familiar, they are friendly with each other. They feel close.
They never really knew their old neighbors, but they are quite familiar with their new ones.- synonyms:
- close
- similar words:
- friendly
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| related words: |
famous, informal, ordinary, popular, standard, usual |
| derivation: |
familiarly (adv.) |
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