"familiarize" meaning in English

See familiarize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /fəˈmɪliəɹaɪ̯z/, /fəˈmɪljəɹaɪ̯z/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-familiarize.wav Forms: familiarizes [present, singular, third-person], familiarizing [participle, present], familiarized [participle, past], familiarized [past], and Oxford British spelling [North-American]
Etymology: familiar + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|familiar|ize}} familiar + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} familiarize (third-person singular simple present familiarizes, present participle familiarizing, simple past and past participle familiarized)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become familiar with something or someone. Tags: intransitive, transitive Synonyms: familiarise (english: non-Oxford British spelling) Related terms: familiarization Translations (make or become familiar with something or someone): запознавам (zapoznavam) (Bulgarian), популяризирам (populjariziram) (Bulgarian), familiaritzar (Catalan), 使熟悉 (shǐ shúxī) (Chinese Mandarin), tutustuttaa (Finnish), perehdyttää (Finnish), totuttaa (note: make familiar) (Finnish), tutustua (Finnish), perehtyä (Finnish), tottua (note: become familiar) (Finnish), familiariser (French), familiarizar (Galician), sich bekanntmachen (German), familiigar (Ido), aatuttaa (Ingrian), familiarizzare (Italian), പരിചയപ്പെടുക (paricayappeṭuka) [intransitive] (Malayalam), പരിചയപ്പെടുത്തുക (paricayappeṭuttuka) [transitive] (Malayalam), whakawaia (Maori), familiarizar (Occitan), ġehīwcūþlīcian (Old English), familiarizar (Portuguese), знако́миться (znakómitʹsja) (note: become familiar) [imperfective] (Russian), познако́миться (poznakómitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), ознако́миться (oznakómitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), знако́мить (znakómitʹ) (note: make familiar) [imperfective] (Russian), познако́мить (poznakómitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ознако́мить (oznakómitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), familiarizar (Spanish)

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  "word": "familiarize"
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