Familiarize

English

Verb

Familiarize (third-person singular simple present Familiarizes, present participle familiarizing, simple past and past participle familiarized)

1. (American) To make, or become familiar with something or someone

Thesaurus

acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, acquaint, adapt, adjust, advertise, advertise of, advise, apprise, break, break in, brief, bring word, case harden, communicate, condition, confirm, disclose, domesticate, domesticize, enlighten, establish, fix, gentle, give notice, give the facts, give word, habituate, harden, housebreak, inform, instruct, inure, leave word, let know, mention to, naturalize, notify, orient, orientate, report, season, send word, serve notice, speak, tame, tell, train, use, verse, wont

Alternative forms

• familiarise

Translations

make or become familiar with something or someone

Chinese: Mandarin: 使熟悉 (shǐ shúxī) Finnish: tutustuttaa (fi), perehdyttää (fi), totuttaa (fi) (make familiar); tutustua (fi), perehtyä (fi), tottua (fi) (become familiar) French: familiariser (fr)

Russian: (become familiar) знакомиться (ru) (znakomít'sja) impf., познакомиться (ru) (poznakomít'sja) pf., ознакомиться (ru) (oznakomít'sja) pf.; (make familiar) знакомить (ru) (znakomít') impf., познакомить (ru) (poznakomít') pf., ознакомить (ru) (oznakomít') pf. Spanish: familiarizar (es)

Related terms

• familiarization