familiarise

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A form of familiarize — To make or become familiar with something or someone.

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Meanings

verbfamiliarise (third-person singular simple present familiarises, present participle familiarising, simple past and past participle familiarised)

present singular third person familiarises · participle present familiarising · participle past familiarised · past familiarised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of familiarize.

    In the immediate term, there is a host of new operating procedures to be developed and to become familiarised with, in accordance with social distancing.

    2020 July 29, Ian Prosser discusses with Paul Stephen, “Rail needs robust and strategic plans”, in Rail, page 38
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    An interesting feature in the weeks preceding the diversions was the provision of a road-learning train to familiarise main line drivers with the alternative route.

    1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 102

    Mr Avery was a great believer in mnemonics; he had one for every possible aspect of flying – which was as good a way as any for student pilots to familiarise themselves with their new environment […]

    2003, Alex Kimbell, The Unbridgeable Divide, page 54

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake familiar or conversant with

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

familiarise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/familiarise

MLA

“familiarise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/familiarise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “familiarise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/familiarise.

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