familiarizing

Describes the process of making someone or oneself become well acquainted with something or someone.

• 🇫🇷Qui sert à familiariser, à faire connaître ou à rendre quelqu'un familier avec quelque chose ou quelqu'un ; qui concerne l'acquisition de connaissances préalables ou l'adaptation à une situation.

1. Serving to make familiar B2 formal

   Designed or intended to introduce someone to a new subject, environment, or activity and help them become comfortable with it.

   • The company offers a familiarizing program for new employees.
   • The guide provides familiarizing information about the local culture.
   • I attended a familiarizing workshop on the software before using it.

   🇫🇷qui familiarise

   Synonymes: inductioninitiatoryintroductoryorientationorienting

   Antonymes: confusingdisorientingestranging

• more familiarizing comparative form
• most familiarizing superlative form

A verb used to indicate the act of making someone or oneself knowledgeable or acquainted with something.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de rendre quelqu'un ou soi-même conscient ou informé de quelque chose, ou de se rendre familier avec quelque chose.

1. Make someone aware of something B2 formal

   To give someone knowledge or understanding of something.

   • The training session will familiarize new employees with company policies.
   • She familiarized herself with the local customs before moving abroad.
   • The manual helps users familiarize themselves with the software.

   🇫🇷Faire connaître à quelqu'un

   Synonymes: acquaintapprisebriefclue ineducateenlightenfill ininforminstructorientprimeschoolteachupdate

   Antonymes: bafflebewilderconfusemystifyperplexpuzzle

2. Become accustomed to something B2 formal

   To learn about something so that it becomes known or comfortable.

   • He spent the first week familiarizing himself with the new city.
   • You should familiarize yourself with the emergency procedures.
   • The students familiarized themselves with the lab equipment.

   🇫🇷Se familiariser avec

   Synonymes: accustomacquaintget used tohabituate

   Antonymes: alienateestrange

• familiarised past participle
• familiarized past participle
• familiarised past simple
• familiarized past simple
• familiarising present participle
• familiarizing present participle
• familiarises third person singular
• familiarizes third person singular