familiarize

Other spellings

• (UK) familiarise

Word parts

familiar + -ize

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /fəˈmɪliəraɪ̯z/ or /fəˈmɪljəraɪ̯z/

• Audio (UK)

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• Hyphenation: fa‧mil‧iar‧ize

Verb

Plain form familiarize

Third-person singular familiarizes

Past tense familiarized

Past participle familiarized

Present participle familiarizing

1. (transitive) If you familiarize, you make yourself or someone else familiar with something.

   You need to familiarize yourself with the rules so you won't have to look them up later.