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familiarise

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Word parts

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familiar + -ise

Pronunciation

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  • IPA (key): /fəˈmɪliəraɪ̯z/ or /fəˈmɪljəraɪ̯z/
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  • Hyphenation: fa‧mil‧iar‧ise

Verb

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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.