familiarize
Other forms: familiarized; familiarizing; familiarizes
To familiarize yourself with something is to learn about it or become comfortable with it. Once you familiarize yourself with the unusual spices, you'll probably find Indian food delicious.
You can familiarize yourself with the alphabet and particular sounds of a language before you start learning to speak it, and you can also familiarize a young child with the rules before her first trip to an art museum. Originally, familiarize meant "to make well-known," from familiar, from the Latin familiaris, "familiar or intimate," and the verb-forming suffix -ize.
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make familiar or conversant with“We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings”
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synonyms:
acquaint, familiarise
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orient
familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances
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verse
familiarize through thorough study or experience
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reacquaint
familiarize anew
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get into
familiarize oneself thoroughly with
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type of:
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inform
impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
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Vocabulary lists containing familiarize
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Ryan Hart tries to meet a series of challenges — including a move and family financial troubles — with a positive attitude.