familiarise

Other spellings

• (US) familiarize

Word parts

familiar + -ise

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (UK)

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• Hyphenation: fa‧mil‧iar‧ise

Verb

Plain form familiarize

Third-person singular familiarizes

Past tense familiarized

Past participle familiarized

Present participle familiarizing

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

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