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Familiarize

To make or become familiar with something or someone.

📖 Definitions of "Familiarize"

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    To make or become familiar with something or someone.

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acquaintverb(transitive, followed by with) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) know; to make familiar.
familiariseverbNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of familiarize. [(ambitransitive) To make or become familiar with something or someone.]

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WordDefinition
acquaintverb(transitive, followed by with) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) know; to make familiar.
familiariseverbNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of familiarize. [(ambitransitive) To make or become familiar with something or someone.]
familiarnounKnown to one, or generally known; commonplace.
understandverb(transitive, intransitive, of communication or means of communication: words, statements, signs, etc.) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.
introduceverb(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
informverb(transitive) To communicate knowledge to.
learnverbTo acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
conceptverbTo conceive; to dream up.
educateverb(transitive) To instruct or train.
teachverb(ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to.
communicateverb(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
publiciseverbTo make widely known to the public.
peruseverb(transitive) To read completely.
publicizeverb(American spelling) Alternative spelling of publicise. [To make widely known to the public.]
exposeverb(transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce (to).
raiseverb(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
disseminateverb(intransitive) To become widespread.
sensitizeverbTo make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli.
sensitiseverb(British spelling) Alternative spelling of sensitize. [To make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli.]
orientverb(transitive) To build or place (something) so as to face eastward.

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