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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERFAMILIAR

overfamiliar  [ˌəʊvəfəˈmɪlɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERFAMILIAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overfamiliar is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OVERFAMILIAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overfamiliar in the English dictionary

The definition of overfamiliar in the dictionary is excessively friendly, informal, or intimate. Other definition of overfamiliar is too well-known or easily recognized.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERFAMILIAR


Athalia
əˈθeɪlɪə
Australia
ɒˈstreɪlɪə
biophilia
ˌbaɪəʊˈfɪlɪə
cilia
ˈsɪlɪə
conciliar
kənˈsɪlɪə
familiar
fəˈmɪlɪə
galea
ˈɡeɪlɪə
genitalia
ˌdʒɛnɪˈteɪlɪə
ilia
ˈɪlɪə
memorabilia
ˌmɛmərəˈbɪlɪə
milia
ˈmɪlɪə
paedophilia
ˌpiːdəʊˈfɪlɪə
palea
ˈpeɪlɪə
paraphernalia
ˌpærəfəˈneɪlɪə
pedophilia
ˌpiːdəʊˈfɪlɪə
personalia
ˌpɜːsəˈneɪlɪə
realia
rɪˈeɪlɪə
regalia
rɪˈɡeɪlɪə
Westphalia
wɛstˈfeɪlɪə
wilier
ˈwaɪlɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERFAMILIAR

overfacile
overfall
overfamiliarity
overfar
overfast
overfastidious
overfat
overfatigue
overfavor
overfear
overfed
overfeed
overfeeding
overfertilise
overfertilize
overfill
overfine
overfineness
overfinished
overfish

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERFAMILIAR

antiar
atrabiliar
Black Friar
briar
caviar
Eilean Siar
evangeliar
fiar
foliar
friar
gangliar
Grey Friar
justiciar
liar
peculiar
preconciliar
sweetbriar
ultrafamiliar
unfamiliar
White Friar

Synonyms and antonyms of overfamiliar in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overfamiliar» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERFAMILIAR

Find out the translation of overfamiliar to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overfamiliar from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overfamiliar» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

overfamiliar
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overfamiliar
570 millions of speakers

English

overfamiliar
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overfamiliar
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overfamiliar
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чрезмерно фамильярной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overfamiliar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overfamiliar
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

trop familier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Overfamiliar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

overfamiliar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overfamiliar
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overfamiliar
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overfamiliar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overfamiliar
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overfamiliar
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अतिपरिचित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

overfamiliar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overfamiliar
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overfamiliar
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

надмірно фамильярной
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overfamiliar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

overfamiliar
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overfamiliar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overfamiliar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

familiar
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overfamiliar

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERFAMILIAR»

The term «overfamiliar» is used very little and occupies the 164.260 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERFAMILIAR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overfamiliar

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERFAMILIAR»

Discover the use of overfamiliar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overfamiliar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Oxford Dictionary of English
2a place where surplus water overflows from a dam, weir, or pool. overfamiliar 7adjective too well known: the overfaV- miliar teacher's voice. 2(overfamiliar with) too well acquainted with: the researcher is overfamiliar with the community.
Angus Stevenson, 2010
2
The German Lesson
While in an institution for delinquent boys, Siggi Jepsen writes about his life in wartime Germany and his relationship with a painter of international reputation who was betrayed by his father
Siegfried Lenz, 1986
3
English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
nicht denArsch aufreißen Bein: sich keinBeinausreißen verausgaben: sich verausgaben overfamiliar to be overfamiliar (with s.o.) plumpvertraulich: plumpvertraulich (sein/jn. ansprechen/ jm....kommen/...) overfell to overfell Raubbau: am Wald/.
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
4
Venus and the Sea People
“I am surprised the Mentor allowed her to be that overfamiliar for so long. How does she get away with it?” “I suspect it is her sponsor,” answered Miotal. “Éirime brought her.” “Éirime neverbrings Candidates,” objected Damhánalla. “When did  ...
Henry Hallan, Orfhlaith ni Chonaill, 2013
5
Posthumanist Shakespeares
We are, we know, overfamiliar with Hamlet. And we are even more overfamiliar with Hamlet's holding of Yorick's skull – or a skull, for, as will be shown, much could be made of the fact that it cannot be certain that the skull is Yorick's.
Stefan Herbrechter, Ivan Callus, 2012
6
World Literature Reader: A Reader
“M. Du Poirier was a creature of the utmost vulgarity, a man who seemed proud of his crass, overfamiliar ways; thus does a pig wallow in mud with a kind of voluptuous pleasure that is insolent toward the spectator.” Scorn for the vulgar ...
Theo D'haen, César Domínguez, Mads Rosendahl Thomsen, 2012
7
A Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism
As one of the Greater Masters once said: "The greatest barrier to truth is the overfamiliar word." 39. In the overfamiliar terms of the Christian calender is the whole process of any form of human growth and spiritual development, the Birth in the ...
Gareth Knight, 2002
8
Christmas Romance Collection (Mills & Boon e-Book Collections)
'I don't allow Scottto be overfamiliar withadults,'she told him stiffly. 'That's good.' Henodded tersely. 'Idon'tbelieve in being overfamiliar with adults, either.' Although he couldn't guarantee that was going to last too much longer where Meg was ...
Jennie Lucas, Carole Mortimer, Catherine Spencer, 2013
9
Men in Feminism
of us are now perhaps overfamiliar. Reading those remarks, I remembered, apparently very different, Derrida a couple of yearsback beginningwhatI suppose is his most direct written engagement with feminism as follows: Wewill therefore not ...
Alice Jardine, Paul Smith, 2003
10
The Melancholy Assemblage: Affect and Epistemology in the ...
While the overfamiliar is not therefore the incorrect, I wish to suspend the force ofthis identification at the level ofroman-a-clé in order to preserve a broader range of relational forces which melancholy posture makes available: relations ...
Drew Daniel, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERFAMILIAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overfamiliar is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Are we overdoing our use of 'over' or would that be oversimplfying?
If I've heard something twice, I will drawl jadedly that it is “overfamiliar”. But this same word, when applied to people, illustrates how an “over-” ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
'True Detective' Season 2 is leaving some viewers cold -- but is that …
But their characters are overfamiliar stereotypes – the bumbling, all-American boob, and the blowhard politican, respectively. But even if HBO ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
3
Watch EastEnders star Harry Reid call shocked Fiona Phillips …
The 54-year-old presenter jokingly replied: "Darling, how overfamiliar! Honestly! That's lovely, I feel all young again now!" Reid laughed: "I can't ... «Digital Spy UK, Jul 15»
4
Andy Burnham, Tom Watson and June Sarpong broke my inbox
Then the SMS messages started: from Jeremy Corbyn, Andy Burnham, Tessa Jowell, and a slightly overfamiliar sender who simply identified ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
The Gallows review: Found footage horror that needs to be lost
Doomed attempts to induce shivers largely involve rehashing overfamiliar moments from infinitely better films like The Blair Witch Project and ... «Digital Spy UK, Jul 15»
6
Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid boss Rafa Benitez share a very …
He's already been caught being very overfamiliar with his main man - the social pressure must be getting to him. That certainly seems to be the ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
Double bass master Edgar Meyer brings his talent to QLD music …
... (sloppy pizzicato chords) and the “mwahs” (notes that are a bit overfamiliar and exaggerated). When he hits on a fingering pattern that works, ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
8
Revealing the Owner of William Carlos Williams's Red Wheelbarrow
“I think it helps to look at any poet afresh and especially to be able to look at a poem that is overfamiliar, if anything, and to see that there are ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
9
3.2m tune in for début of ITV's baby cop doc Rookies
Straight up afterwards, BBC One decided to change the tone completely with yet another repeat trip to the overfamiliar tomfoolery of Mrs ... «MediaTel Newsline, Jul 15»
10
True Detective season two, episode four recap – Down Will Come
There are plenty of reasons for viewers to be disappointed with this Vinci arc of the anthology series – hackneyed dialogue, overfamiliar themes ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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