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  • 1familiarise — v. t. to make familiar or acquainted; same as {familiarize}. [chiefly Brit.] Syn: familiarize, acquaint. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 2familiarise — British English spelling of FAMILIARIZE (Cf. familiarize); for spelling, see IZE (Cf. ize). Related: Familiarised; familiarising …

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  • 3familiarize — (also familiarise) ► VERB 1) (familiarize with) make (someone) familiar with. 2) make better known or easier to understand. DERIVATIVES familiarization noun …

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  • 4familiarise — (Brit.) v. cause to be acquainted, accustom; make familiar; make something well known, publicize (also familiarize) …

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  • 5familiarize — (Amer.) fa mil·i·ar·ize || fÉ™ mɪlɪəraɪz v. cause to be acquainted, accustom; make familiar; make something well known, publicize (also familiarise) …

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  • 6familiarize — [[t]fəmɪ̱liəraɪz[/t]] familiarizes, familiarizing, familiarized VERB If you familiarize yourself with something, or if someone familiarizes you with it, you learn about it and start to understand it. [V pron refl with n] I was expected to… …

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  • 7familiarize — fa|mil|i|ar|ize also familiarise BrE [fəˈmıliəraız] v familiarize yourself/sb with sth to learn about something so that you understand it, or to teach someone else about something so that they understand it ▪ Employees must familiarize themselves …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8familiarize — or familiarise verb make (someone) familiar with something: students are advised to familiarize themselves with these procedures. Derivatives familiarization noun …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 9familiarise — verb make familiar or conversant with you should acquaint yourself with your new computer We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings • Syn: ↑familiarize, ↑acquaint • Derivationally related forms: ↑familiarisation, ↑familiarization …

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  • 10familiarise — British variant of familiarize …

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