familiarize someone with something
- familiarize someone with something
familiarize someone with something
to help someone get to know or understand someone or something. •
I hope you will take the time to familiarize yourself with the instructions before you set out to operate this device.
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Let me take a moment to familiarize myself with the facts of the case.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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familiarize — fa|mil|iar|ize [ fə mıljə,raız ] verb transitive to make someone learn or experience something so that they know about it: It s my job to familiarize new employees with office procedures. familiarize yourself with something: I need to familiarize … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
familiarize — [[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… … English dictionary
familiarize — UK [fəˈmɪlɪəraɪz] / US [fəˈmɪljəˌraɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms familiarize : present tense I/you/we/they familiarize he/she/it familiarizes present participle familiarizing past tense familiarized past participle familiarized to make someone … English dictionary
familiarize — also ise BrE verb familiarize yourself with sth/familiarize 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 with the health … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
familiarize — 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
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