familiarizing

verb

Definition of familiarizingnext
present participle of familiarize
1
as in informing
to give information to the general's day-to-day duties included familiarizing the president on international developments

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2
as in introducing
to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to one office worker is assigned with the task of familiarizing new staffers with the use of electronic equipment around the office

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for familiarizing
  1. informing
  2. introducing
  3. advising
  4. educating
  5. telling
  6. instructing
Verb
  • Agency employees received an email this week informing them that they are placed on administrative leave, until further notice.
    — Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2025
  • And senior current and former government officials as well as researchers worry that more serious threats are on the horizon, including to critical information that is key to informing tax policy.
    — Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of informing
Verb
  • So, introducing Rays pitchers to an outdoor park with lots of wind gusts might take some getting used to.
    — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The researchers achieved this breakthrough by introducing a novel electrolyte additive, silver trifluoromethanesulfonate (AgCF₃SO₃, or AgTFMS), which facilitates the simultaneous formation of silver (Ag) and lithium fluoride (LiF) on the surface of the lithium metal anode.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Apr. 2025
Definition of introducing
Verb
  • Palace put a message out on their social media page advising the issue had been fixed around 35 minutes after tickets went on sale.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Despite this being the lowest classification, health officials are still advising consumers to take precautions.
    — Rachel Flynn, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Definition of advising
Verb
  • She's spent over six months educating her following of over 700,000 about JEB.
    — Skyler Caruso, People.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The Charlotte Observer spoke to Chris Hayes, an extension associate of structural pest management at NC State University who specializes educating the pest management industry on critter habits, to find out.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2025
Definition of educating
Verb
  • By some accounts, this Santa Tracker initiative kicked off by complete accident in 1955, when a Colorado Springs Sears printed a newspaper announcement telling children to call a certain phone number to chat with Santa.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Unfortunately, many in the United States may even question whether CENTCOM is telling the truth.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of telling
Verb
  • The next year, Martin was accused of instructing staffers to regularly delete their emails to prevent them from becoming available to the media or public under the state’s Sunshine Law.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Whitfield doubles down on his previous orders, instructing the former sheepherder to murder all the Duttons and dump their bodies in the lawless border town.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Definition of instructing
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