familiarize
to make (onself or another person) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
to make (something) well-known; bring into common knowledge or use.
Archaic. to make familiar; establish (a person) in friendly intimacy.
Archaic. to associate in a familiar way.
Origin of familiarize
1- Also especially British, fa·mil·iar·ise .
Other words for familiarize
Other words from familiarize
- fa·mil·iar·i·za·tion, noun
- fa·mil·iar·iz·er, noun
- re·fa·mil·iar·i·za·tion, noun
- re·fa·mil·iar·ize, verb (used with object), re·fa·mil·iar·ized, re·fa·mil·iar·iz·ing.
- un·fa·mil·iar·ized, adjective
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How to use familiarize in a sentence
You should also familiarize yourself with video capture programs and your devices’ built-in screenshot tools for websites that don’t make downloads easy.
How to save important photos and video from the web | John Kennedy | January 19, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIf you’ve never familiarized yourself with Windows shortcuts, now might be the time to try—once you’ve committed our list to muscle memory, you’ll be opening up programs and switching between apps faster than ever before.
How to completely customize the way you control Windows | David Nield | January 15, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIt won’t be a fun novelty for long, so dive in and get familiarized with VR tech now.
As we head into another round of stay-at-home orders, it’s good to familiarize yourself with your options for online grocery shopping.
As stay-at-home restrictions rise, here are ways to cope | Washington Post Staff, Elizabeth Chang, Mari-Jane Williams, Becky Krystal, Kendra Nichols, Caitlin Moore, Stephanie Merry, Missy Rosenberg, Katherine Lee | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostThis is exciting, but before you dive in and make your own macOS shortcuts, we’d recommend familiarizing yourself with the ones already available.
The crucifix shows us how conventionalization and familiarization set aside all the suggestion which an artifact really carries.
Folkways | William Graham SumnerOf those principles the most original was his familiarization of the sentiment, while he elevated the subject, of the picturesque.
On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) | John RuskinThere will be no scores indicated for familiarization firing.
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyOn 11 December 1956 he fired the pistol familiarization 100 rounds.
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyI've been up in one just once, and that was my familiarization flight, when I got into this assignment last year.
Pushbutton War | Joseph P. Martino
British Dictionary definitions for familiarize
familiarise
/ (fəˈmɪljəˌraɪz) /
to make (oneself or someone else) familiar, as with a particular subject
to make (something) generally known or accepted
Derived forms of familiarize
- familiarization or familiarisation, noun
- familiarizer or familiariser, noun
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