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familiarize

/fəˈmɪliəɹaɪ̯z/

familiarize verb: to make or become familiar with something or someone.

Verb

familiarize (third-person singular simple present familiarizes, present participle familiarizing, simple past and past participle familiarized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, ambitransitive) To make or become familiar with something or someone.
    • I took some time to familiarize myself with the layout of her kitchen before I got to cooking for her.

familiarize meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam

familiarize in Hindi

make or become familiar with something or someone
अवगत कराना avgat karānā

familiarize in Tamil

பழகிக்கொள்

familiarize in Malayalam

make or become familiar with something or someone
പരിചയപ്പെടുക paricayappeṭuka, പരിചയപ്പെടുത്തുക paricayappeṭuttuka

Forms of familiarize

third-person singular presentfamiliarizes
present participlefamiliarizing
past participlefamiliarized
pastfamiliarized
alternative formfamiliarise

Past tense of familiarize: familiarized

Origin of familiarize

From familiar + -ize.

Words formed from familiarize

Questions about familiarize

What does familiarize mean?
Familiarize means to make or become familiar with something or someone.
What is familiarize in Hindi?
Familiarize in Hindi is अवगत कराना (avgat karānā). See Familiarize meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is familiarize?
Familiarize is a verb.
How do you pronounce familiarize?
Familiarize is pronounced /fəˈmɪliəɹaɪ̯z/.
What is the past tense of familiarize?
The past tense of familiarize is familiarized.

Words near familiarize in the dictionary

  1. familiarities
  2. familiarity
  3. familiarity breeds contempt
  4. familiarization
  5. familiarizations
  6. familiarize
  7. familiarized
  8. familiarizer
  9. familiarizers
  10. familiarizes
  11. familiarizing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: familiarize (page history and authors); familiarize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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