FAMILIARIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they familiarize ... he / she / it familiarizes

Past simple: familiarized

Past participle: familiarized

-ing form: familiarizing

Meaning:

Make familiar or conversant with

Example:

We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings

Synonyms:

acquaint; familiarise; familiarize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "familiarize" is one way to...):

inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)

Verb group:

acquaint; introduce; present (cause to come to know personally)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "familiarize"):

orient (familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances)

verse (familiarize through thorough study or experience)

get into (familiarize oneself thoroughly with)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody with something

Derivation:

familiarization (the experience of becoming familiar with something)