Familiarize
verb
To learn about or understand something so you can use or deal with it.
You need to familiarize yourself with the software before you can install it.
Often appears as...
- familiarize yourself with
- familiarize with the basics
verb
To learn about or understand something so you can use or deal with it.
You need to familiarize yourself with the software before you can install it.
Often appears as...
- familiarize yourself with
- familiarize with the basics
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Active Process
To familiarize is active, meaning you actively engage with something to understand it.
I spent the afternoon familiarizing myself with the new regulations.
Pro Tip 2/3Time Frame
Familiarizing often implies a process over time rather than a one-time effort.
It might take a few weeks to fully familiarize yourself with the city's layout.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Basics
While familiarizing can start with basics, it generally includes a deeper understanding.
To familiarize yourself with the culture, try engaging in local traditions.
Pro Tip 1/3Active Process
To familiarize is active, meaning you actively engage with something to understand it.
I spent the afternoon familiarizing myself with the new regulations.
Pro Tip 2/3Time Frame
Familiarizing often implies a process over time rather than a one-time effort.
It might take a few weeks to fully familiarize yourself with the city's layout.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Basics
While familiarizing can start with basics, it generally includes a deeper understanding.
To familiarize yourself with the culture, try engaging in local traditions.
Pro Tip 1/3Active Process
To familiarize is active, meaning you actively engage with something to understand it.
I spent the afternoon familiarizing myself with the new regulations.
Pro Tip 2/3Time Frame
Familiarizing often implies a process over time rather than a one-time effort.
It might take a few weeks to fully familiarize yourself with the city's layout.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Basics
While familiarizing can start with basics, it generally includes a deeper understanding.
To familiarize yourself with the culture, try engaging in local traditions.
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A Boat Made From Plastic...
wastes something needs to be done it's very clear that they're not going to be any arrests this week as we will familiarize themselves with a new regulation for next week
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All it takes is 10...
to step back, to familiarize yourself with the present moment so that you get to experience a greater sense of focus, calm and clarity in your life. Thank you very much.
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A Boat Made From Plastic...
wastes something needs to be done it's very clear that they're not going to be any arrests this week as we will familiarize themselves with a new regulation for next week
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All it takes is 10...
to step back, to familiarize yourself with the present moment so that you get to experience a greater sense of focus, calm and clarity in your life. Thank you very much.
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Quote examples
Colin Firth
British Actor
If you play a role, you want to familiarize yourself with that person's world. If I were playing an airline pilot or a doctor, I'd probably want to hang out with a doctor or an airplane pilot for a while, ask some questions. You don't get to hang out the kings. They don't help consult on movies. So your resources are, by necessity, secondary.
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Bushwick Bill
American Musician
Poverty brings people to drastic measures and that's what the hardcore gangsta rap scene is about. It's called freedom of expression. People should be allowed to express what they've been through, what they've been able to familiarize themselves with.
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John Polkinghorne
British Physicist
People, and especially theologians, should try to familiarize themselves with scientific ideas. Of course, science is technical in many respects, but there are some very good books that try to set out some of the conceptual structure of science.
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Allen Ginsberg
American Poet
I recommend for any basic course on the Beat Generation to familiarize yourself with 'The Idiot,' Prince Myshkin. He was Dostoyevsky's idea of the most beautiful human being he could imagine, the creation of a saint in literature.
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Carlo Rubbia
Italian Physicist
Soon after my degree, in 1958 I went to the United States to enlarge my experience and to familiarize myself with particle accelerators. I spent about one and a half years at Columbia University.
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Jean Moulin
French Activist
I am determined to hold on as long as possible, but if I should disappear, I should not have had the time to familiarize my successors with the necessary information.
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Toni Morrison
American Novelist
The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.
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Miguel Sapochnik
English Director
Whatever project I sign up for, I try to familiarize myself with the material as much as possible before I start.
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Rasika Dugal
Indian Actress
I feel it's important to familiarize yourself with the world that the character inhabits.
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Goldie Hawn
American Actress
Familiarize yourself with the parts of your brain and their function.
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Colin Firth
British Actor
If you play a role, you want to familiarize yourself with that person's world. If I were playing an airline pilot or a doctor, I'd probably want to hang out with a doctor or an airplane pilot for a while, ask some questions. You don't get to hang out the kings. They don't help consult on movies. So your resources are, by necessity, secondary.
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Bushwick Bill
American Musician
Poverty brings people to drastic measures and that's what the hardcore gangsta rap scene is about. It's called freedom of expression. People should be allowed to express what they've been through, what they've been able to familiarize themselves with.
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John Polkinghorne
British Physicist
People, and especially theologians, should try to familiarize themselves with scientific ideas. Of course, science is technical in many respects, but there are some very good books that try to set out some of the conceptual structure of science.
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Allen Ginsberg
American Poet
I recommend for any basic course on the Beat Generation to familiarize yourself with 'The Idiot,' Prince Myshkin. He was Dostoyevsky's idea of the most beautiful human being he could imagine, the creation of a saint in literature.
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Carlo Rubbia
Italian Physicist
Soon after my degree, in 1958 I went to the United States to enlarge my experience and to familiarize myself with particle accelerators. I spent about one and a half years at Columbia University.
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Jean Moulin
French Activist
I am determined to hold on as long as possible, but if I should disappear, I should not have had the time to familiarize my successors with the necessary information.
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Toni Morrison
American Novelist
The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.
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Miguel Sapochnik
English Director
Whatever project I sign up for, I try to familiarize myself with the material as much as possible before I start.
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Rasika Dugal
Indian Actress
I feel it's important to familiarize yourself with the world that the character inhabits.
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Goldie Hawn
American Actress
Familiarize yourself with the parts of your brain and their function.
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