familiarize
verb /fəˈmɪliəraɪz/
/fəˈmɪliəraɪz/
(British English also familiarise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they familiarize | /fəˈmɪliəraɪz/ /fəˈmɪliəraɪz/ |
| he / she / it familiarizes | /fəˈmɪliəraɪzɪz/ /fəˈmɪliəraɪzɪz/ |
| past simple familiarized | /fəˈmɪliəraɪzd/ /fəˈmɪliəraɪzd/ |
| past participle familiarized | /fəˈmɪliəraɪzd/ /fəˈmɪliəraɪzd/ |
| -ing form familiarizing | /fəˈmɪliəraɪzɪŋ/ /fəˈmɪliəraɪzɪŋ/ |
- familiarize yourself/somebody (with something) to learn about something or teach somebody about something, so that you/they start to understand it synonym acquaint
- You'll need time to familiarize yourself with our procedures.
- As a teacher I try to familiarize students with a wide variety of fiction.
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘make well known’): from French familiariser, from familiaire, from Latin familiaris, from familia ‘household servants, family’, from famulus ‘servant’.