Familiarize

Definitions: Familiarize

Familiarize

Verb

1. Make familiar or acquainted; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings".

2. Make familiar or acquainted with; "Familiarize yourself with the facilities here".

Date "familiarize" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references)

Note: Familiarize \Fa*mil"iar*ize\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Familiarized; present participle verb or noun Familiarizing.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Language	To make (a person) well acquainted or conversant with something. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Familiarize

Synonyms: acquaint (v), familiarise (v). (additional references)

Synonyms by domain: familiarised (language), familiarising.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Impulse	Habituate, inure, harden, season, caseharden; accustom, familiarize; naturalize, acclimatize; keep one's hand in; train; (educate).
Teaching	Train, discipline; bring up, bring up to; form, ground, prepare, qualify; drill, exercise, practice, habituate, familiarize with, nurture, drynurse, breed, rear, take in hand; break, break in; tame; preinstruct; initiate; inure; (habituate).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Familiarize

English words defined with "familiarize": get into. (references)

Specialty definitions using "familiarize": audio-visual-equipment-rental clerk, AUTOMOBILE RACER ♦ ctc operator ♦ evaluation aide ♦ film booker, FILM-RENTAL CLERK ♦ INSTRUCTOR, PILOT ♦ test examiner, TEST TECHNICIAN, traffic-control operator. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Because once you familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage you prepare your own limbs to wear them. (The Negotiator; writing credit: James DeMonaco; Kevin Fox)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Francis Bacon	Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		This is a long-term marketing strategy to familiarize Singaporeans with the usage of Japanese, French or German standards and machines. (references)
		Technical Symposia are good techniques to introduce and familiarize the Saudi business community with the latest developments in IT field. (references)
		Spain and the other ten EU countries that have accepted the Euro as their official currency will also use this time period to familiarize their citizenry about the new, unified currency. (references)
Children	Ghana	The GNCC also has administered training programs for law enforcement and judicial officials around the country to familiarize them with the Children's Act and other pertinent child labor legislation. (references)
Economic History	Indonesia	U.S. firms should also familiarize themselves with opportunities available through ADB or World Bank-funded projects. (references)
	Nigeria	The aim is to familiarize you with the U.S. Commercial Service's export promotion programs and to access important market reports. (references)
Human Rights	Yemen	As it did in 2000, al-Nushataa also organized a children's parliament and other activities to familiarize secondary school children with electoral procedures and processes. (references)
Political Economy	KUWAIT	Interested U.S. firms should familiarize themselves with the terms of this program to ensure that the offset program does not become an undue obstacle to their business. (references)
Trade	Japan	Thus, U.S. firms dealing with trading companies should familiarize themselves with the financing capabilities of such firms. (references)
Women	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	As part of a human rights education program, the SVGHRA conducts numerous seminars and workshops throughout the country to familiarize citizens with their rights. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Familiarize" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 81.08% of the time. "Familiarize" is used about 37 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	81.08%	30	63,341
Lexical Verb (base form)	16.22%	6	143,867
Noun (proper)	2.7%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	37	N/A

Expressions using "familiarize": familiarize oneself with ♦ familiarize with. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "familiarize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		familjarizoj, popullarizoj (popularize, vulgarize), njoh nga afër. (various references)

Arabic		‏عوده أمرا, ‏جعله مألوفا. (various references)

Bulgarian		запознавам (acquaint, possess), приучвам (enure, inure), популяризирам (plug, popularize, promote, sell). (various references)

Chinese		熟悉 (Abreast, Acquaint, Acquainting, Familiar, familiarisation, familiarise, familiarised, familiarising, Familiarities, Familiarity, Familiarization, Familiarized, Familiarizing, knowingly). (various references)

Czech		obeznámit (apprise). (various references)

Finnish		tutustuttaa (acquaint, familiarize introduce initiate). (various references)

French		familiariser avec/se (familiarise), se familiariser. (various references)

German		vertraut machen (to familiarize). (various references)

Greek		εξοικειώνω (accustom, accustome to, acquaint with, familiarise), ενημερώνω (bring up to date, inform, to bring up to date, to currently adjust, to update). (various references)

Hebrew		ל�"ק� ות �"כרות. (various references)

Hungarian		megismertet (acquaint, to acquaint). (various references)

Italian		familiarizzare (familiarisation, familiarise, familiarization, make friends), rendere familiare. (various references)

Korean		익숙하게 하십시�" (Accustom, familiarise). (various references)

Manx		cliaghtey (acclimatization, acclimatize, custom, exercise, familiarization, fashion, follow, follow as trade, formality, habit, habituate, institution, inure, practice, practise, profess, prosecute, prosecution, rehearsal, rehearse, seasoning, train, usage). (various references)

Norwegian		gjøre seg kjent med. (various references)

Pig Latin		amiliarizefay.(various references)

Portuguese		familiarizar (acquaint), familiarização. (various references)

Romanian		familiariza, pune în circulaţie (circulate, float, issue, pass, put into circulation, release, set). (various references)

Russian		сделать хорошо известным, ознакомить, познакомить. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		familijarizovati, upoznati (acquaint, come to know, get to know, inform). (various references)

Spanish		familiarizar, realizar familiarización. (various references)

Swedish		göra förtrogen, göra bekant (introduce), göra allmänt känd. (various references)

Thai		ทำให้คุ้นเคย (orient). (various references)

Turkish		tanıtmak (acquaint, hold out, introduce, present), ilişki kurmak (contact, have intercourse with, have it off, hook up, hump, interrelate, liaise, make, make contact, make out, relate, tie in, tie up), alıştırmak (accommodate, accustom, addict, adjust, attune, break in, condition, conform, dovetail, enure, exercise, habituate, harden, inure, regrind, school, season, train). (various references)

Turkmen		цwreniюdirmek. (various references)

Ukranian		ознайомити (initiate). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	consuendi, consuerat, consuerunt, consuesti, consueta, consuetum, consueverant, consueverat, consuevit. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "familiarize": familiarized, familiarizes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Familiarize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: familarize, familiari, familiaris, familirize, farmiliarize. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "familiarize" (pronounced fumi"lyerī'z)
3	-er ī' z	accessorize, authorize, burglarize, categorize, characterize, colorize, computerize, containerize, demilitarize, denuclearize, depressurize, glamorize, memorize, mesmerize, militarize, miniaturize, mischaracterize, motorize, pasteurize, plagiarize, polarize, polymerize, popularize, pressurize, pulverize, reauthorize, rubberize, samurais, satirize, summarize, temporize, terrorize, theorize, vaporize, winterize.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-f-i-i-i-l-m-r-z"
	-3 letters: familiar, filariae, miliaria.
	-4 letters: airmail, filaria, filmier, flamier, ramilie.
	-5 letters: aerial, aflame, ferial, filmer, flamer, frazil, lamiae, lazier, limier, mailer, mazier, realia, refilm, remail.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-f-i-i-i-l-m-r-z"
	+1 letter: familiarized, familiarizes.
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