familiarizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of familiarize
1
as in informs
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 introduces
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 familiarizes Bathrooms are shared—a not-so-subtle feature that familiarizes everyone quickly. — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2026 This week's batch of songs includes classics like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, paired with visuals that help kids learn more about team work and familiarizes bedtime routines. — Annabelle Canela, Parents, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for familiarizes
  1. informs
  2. introduces
  3. tells
  4. educates
  5. advises
  6. instructs
Verb
  • Trump views it in zero-sum terms, as a thing the strong seize from the weak—a view that informs his constant desire to steal natural resources from smaller countries.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • This was my strategy throughout the book and informs my citational practices as well.
    — Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 July 2026
Definition of informs
Verb
  • Within its first 10 minutes, the show introduces the Ingallses to a helpful Black doctor (based on a real person who also appears in the book) and a Native American family much like themselves.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 9 July 2026
  • The approach also introduces a computer architecture inspired by today’s digital computers that separates processing and memory.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026
Definition of introduces
Verb
  • Knowing that a visitor asked three questions about security, spent time on your enterprise plan and then left without booking a demo tells you everything about what to do next.
    — Suyash Karn, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • The film, directed by award-winning filmmaker Bao Nguyen, in part tells the story of how CEO Matt Mullenweg founded what became Automattic, a company rooted in the philosophy of open-source software.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 8 July 2026
Definition of tells
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  • On the continent is an elite war college that educates healers, soldiers, scribes, and — most famously — dragon riders.
    — Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
  • Texas, which educates roughly 1 in 10 of the nation's public school students, has been at the forefront of a charge by conservatives to incorporate more religion into classrooms.
    — JAMIE STENGLE, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2026
Definition of educates
Verb
  • To minimize risks during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) advises incorporating frequent rest breaks in shaded or air-conditioned areas.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026
  • To minimize risks during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) advises incorporating frequent rest breaks in shaded or air-conditioned areas.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of advises
Verb
  • That runs counter to the state’s guidance, which instructs regional planning agencies to assess service by the total numbers of trains.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
  • When a developer, for instance, instructs a coding agent to clone a popular new repository, the LLM hallucinates its correct location up to 85 percent of the time.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026
Definition of instructs

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