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familiar

adjective · noun

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beaten

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common

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everyday

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garden

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informed

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long-familiar

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old

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usual

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well-known

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01adjective

well known or easily recognized

“a familiar figure”

“familiar songs”

02adjective

within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange

“familiar ordinary objects found in every home”

“a familiar everyday scene”

03adjective

(usually followed by ‘with’) well informed about or knowing thoroughly

“conversant with business trends”

“familiar with the complex machinery”

04adjective

having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship

“on familiar terms”

“pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders”

3 more meanings

05noun

a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support

06noun

a friend who is frequently in the company of another

“drinking companions”

“comrades in arms”

07noun

a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard

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