Usually means: Acquire knowledge or understanding of.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. familiarise: Merriam-Webster
  2. familiarise: Collins English Dictionary
  3. familiarise: Vocabulary.com
  4. familiarise: Wordnik
  5. familiarise: Wiktionary
  6. familiarise: Dictionary.com
  7. familiarise: Rhymezone
  8. familiarise: FreeDictionary.org
  9. familiarise: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. familiarise: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. familiarise: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. familiarise: Legal dictionary

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▸ verb:  Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of familiarize. [(ambitransitive) To make or become familiar with something or someone.]

Similar:
familiarize, acquaint, familiarised, reacquaint, orientate, sensitise, immerse, acclimatise, familiarisation, contextualise, more...

Opposite:
unfamiliar, unfamiliarize, unacquainted

Types:
get to know, meet, more...

Phrases:
familiarise oneself, do something over to familiarise, more...

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Similar:
familiarize, acquaint, familiarised, reacquaint, orientate, sensitise, immerse, acclimatise, familiarisation, contextualise, more...

Opposite:
unfamiliar, unfamiliarize, unacquainted

Types:
get to know, meet, more...

Phrases:
familiarise oneself, do something over to familiarise, more...



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