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familiarize

US /fəˈmɪljɚˌaɪz/

verb Target · B2 Nhân sự

Definition

make familiar or conversant with

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

New employees should familiarize themselves with the safety rules in their first week.

Word Family

NounNoun
familiarization
VerbVerb
familiarize gốc
AdjectiveAdj
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AdverbAdv
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Synonyms

  • acquaintcause to come to know personally
  • accustommake psychologically or physically used (to something)
  • habituatetake or consume (regularly or habitually)

Collocations

  • Easy familiarize yourself with rules
    to familiarize yourself with rules, meaning to make familiar or conversant with
  • Medium familiarize staff with new policy
    to familiarize staff with new policy, meaning to make familiar or conversant with
  • Hard quickly familiarize with workflow
    describing quickly familiarize with workflow (with rapid movements)
  • Very Hard thoroughly familiarize with guidelines
    describing thoroughly familiarize with guidelines (in an exhaustive manner)

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