familiarize
verb🔊/fəˈmɪliəraɪz/
🔊/fəˈmɪliəraɪz/
(British English also familiarise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they familiarize | 🔊/fəˈmɪliəraɪz/ 🔊/fəˈmɪliəraɪz/ |
| he / she / it familiarizes | 🔊/fəˈmɪliəraɪzɪz/ 🔊/fəˈmɪliəraɪzɪz/ |
| past simple familiarized | 🔊/fəˈmɪliəraɪzd/ 🔊/fəˈmɪliəraɪzd/ |
| past participle familiarized | 🔊/fəˈmɪliəraɪzd/ 🔊/fəˈmɪliəraɪzd/ |
| -ing form familiarizing | 🔊/fəˈmɪliəraɪzɪŋ/ 🔊/fəˈmɪliəraɪzɪŋ/ |
- familiarize yourself/somebody (with something)
to learn about something or teach somebody about something, so that you/they start to understand it （使）熟悉，了解，通晓 You'll need time to familiarize yourself with our procedures. 你需要时间熟悉我们的程序。 🔊🔊 As a teacher I try to familiarize students with a wide variety of fiction. 作为老师，我试图使学生熟悉各种各样的小说。
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘make well known’): from French familiariser, from familiaire, from Latin familiaris, from familia ‘household servants, family’, from famulus ‘servant’.