familiarize

[ fuh-mil-yuh-rahyz ]
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verb (used with object),fa·mil·iar·ized, fa·mil·iar·iz·ing.
  1. to make (onself or another person) well-acquainted or conversant with something.

  2. to make (something) well-known; bring into common knowledge or use.

  1. Archaic. to make familiar; establish (a person) in friendly intimacy.

verb (used without object),fa·mil·iar·ized, fa·mil·iar·iz·ing.
  1. Archaic. to associate in a familiar way.

Origin of familiarize

1
First recorded in 1600–10; familiar + -ize
  • 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

  • The crucifix shows us how conventionalization and familiarization set aside all the suggestion which an artifact really carries.

    Folkways | William Graham Sumner
  • Of those principles the most original was his familiarization of the sentiment, while he elevated the subject, of the picturesque.

  • There 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 Kennedy
  • On 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 Kennedy
  • I'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

familiarize

familiarise

/ (fəˈmɪljəˌraɪz) /


verb(tr)
  1. to make (oneself or someone else) familiar, as with a particular subject

  2. to make (something) generally known or accepted

Derived forms of familiarize

  • familiarization or familiarisation, noun
  • familiarizer or familiariser, noun

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