familiarize

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From familiar +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fəˈmɪliəɹaɪ̯z/, /fəˈmɪljəɹaɪ̯z/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Verb

familiarize (third-person singular simple present familiarizes, present participle familiarizing, simple past and past participle familiarized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

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

Derived terms

Translations

Galician

Verb

familiarize

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of familiarizar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

familiarize

  1. inflection of familiarizar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative