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# familiar

«familiar» in Mova's school dictionary: **well known to you because you have seen or heard it often** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (familiar, more familiar, most familiar)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Familiar means well known to you because you have seen or heard it often. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/familiar/#m1)

2) If you are familiar with something, you know about it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/familiar/#m2)

3) Familiar can mean friendly and informal, sometimes too friendly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/familiar/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, a familiar face or voice tells the reader a character recognises someone. In school, «become familiar with the times tables». Safety: even a familiar adult should not ask you to keep secrets that make you uneasy. Phrases: «look familiar», «sound familiar», «familiar with», «a familiar face».

### examples

- Her face looks familiar, but I can't remember her name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/familiar/#x1)
- This song sounds familiar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/familiar/#x2)
- Are you familiar with the rules of netball? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/familiar/#x3)
- It was nice to see a familiar face at the new school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/familiar/#x4)
- The streets became familiar after a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/familiar/#x5)
- The smell of the bakery was warm and familiar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/familiar/#x6)
- Become familiar with your fire exit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/familiar/#x7)
- Sometimes, however, a less familiar incident occurs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/familiar/#x8)

### note

Pattern: «familiar to» someone (known by them), «familiar with» something (knowing it). Opposite: «unfamiliar», «strange». Noun: «familiarity». In a «familiar» witch story, a familiar is a witch's animal helper (rare noun sense). Not a number word.

### In the corpora

- [Far ahead they saw «a glint of the familiar old river».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood/32/)
- [or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.509/)
- [And Saul had put away those that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit out of the land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.813/)
- [But it was thou, a man mine equal, my companion, and my familiar friend;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.905/)
- [A froward man soweth strife; and a whisperer separateth familiar friends.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.471/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «familiar» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/familiar/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.