familiar concept
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffamiliarandconcept
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familiar
adjective
uk/fəˈmɪl.i.ər/us/fəˈmɪl.i.jɚ/
easy to recognize because of being seen, met, heard, ...
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concept
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.sept/us/ˈkɑːn.sept/
a principle ...
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(Definition offamiliarandconceptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffamiliar concept
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The book begins with a useful series of definitions including thefamiliarconceptof ' leisure ' as free-time rather than a specific set of activities.
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The importance of listening in music, of aural awareness of both external sound and one's own sound, is afamiliarconcept.
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It is modelled on the perhaps morefamiliarconceptof the autonomy of ethics.
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This definition relies on thefamiliarconceptof a triangle.
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I would now like to suggest inverting this increasinglyfamiliarconceptto suggest that we listen to electroacoustic music as if it were a soundscape.
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That is not afamiliarconceptto me.
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Indeed, it is afamiliarconceptin many areas in which actions for damages for personal injuries are brought.
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Turn-out is generally taken to be those voting as a proportion of those on the electoral register, which is afamiliarconcept.
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That is a perfectlyfamiliarconceptwhich should not be dismissed because it does not fall into any of the other categories.
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The purpose of our amendment is to substitute "directions", because they are a clear andfamiliarconceptto which we are all used.
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But the half is afamiliarconcept.
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I can understand the temptation to attempt to improve the drafting of this provision by using thefamiliarconceptof assets and liabilities instead of the existing wording.
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A further point is that we should not underestimate the extent to which share ownership is now afamiliarconceptto a large section of the community.
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The procedure became more accepted in the late 19th century once antisepsis was available and cerebral localization was afamiliarconcept.
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The idea of a dual object generalizes the morefamiliarconceptof the dual of a finite-dimensional vector space.
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This required participants to generate reasonable estimates of quantifiable attributes of common objects or familiar concepts.
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Analysis of the formal characteristics of the home allows a deeper and broader understanding of familiar concepts.
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However, a growing trend for husbands and wives is to create joint trusts where both are grantors of the trust, thus mirroring thefamiliarconceptof joint tenancy ownership.
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The desire for different degrees will be briefly mapped; most of these are familiar concepts in controller design.
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