acquainting
Getting to know
Acquainting is the process of making someone familiar with something or introducing people to each other.
You might spend time acquainting yourself with the new software or acquainting the new hire with office procedures.
The word implies a gradual or deliberate familiarization rather than instant knowledge.
Concise information session
- notifyingCommunicating information formally
- advisingGiving informed guidance
- tellingMeaningfully indicative
- updatingMaking something current
alerting · apprising · enlightening · filling in · disclosing · revealing · communicating · explaining
Finding what was hidden
- exploringTraveling to learn firsthand
- studyingDeliberate learning effort
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- graspingGreedy for wealth
comprehending · absorbing · recognizing · perceiving · realizing · knowing · investigating · researching
Formal display to viewers
- introductionPreliminary section or presentation
- meetingGathering for discussion
- greetingExpression of welcome
- presentingDisplaying to an audience
announcing · networking · mingling · socializing · connecting · schmoozing · handshaking · encountering
Position relative to surroundings
- accustomingMaking gradually comfortable
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
- familiarizationBecoming acquainted with something
- acclimatizationAdjusting to new conditions
adaptation · introduction · briefing · grounding · immersion · conditioning · assimilation · acclimation
briefing
Concise information session
- notifyingCommunicating information formally
- advisingGiving informed guidance
- tellingMeaningfully indicative
updating · alerting · apprising · enlightening · filling in · disclosing · revealing · communicating · explaining · instructing
discovering
Finding what was hidden
- exploringTraveling to learn firsthand
- studyingDeliberate learning effort
- understandingMental comprehension of something
grasping · comprehending · absorbing · recognizing · perceiving · realizing · knowing · investigating · researching · examining
presentation
Formal display to viewers
- introductionPreliminary section or presentation
- meetingGathering for discussion
- greetingExpression of welcome
presenting · announcing · networking · mingling · socializing · connecting · schmoozing · handshaking · encountering · receiving
orientation
Position relative to surroundings
- accustomingMaking gradually comfortable
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
- familiarizationBecoming acquainted with something
acclimatization · adaptation · introduction · briefing · grounding · immersion · conditioning · assimilation · acclimation · induction
- familiarizationfamiliarizing, orienting, introducing, accustoming, habituating
- communicatingtalking, speaking, telling, sharing, expressing
- orientationorientation, orientation week, O-Week, frosh week, orientation sessions
acquaintingconcealing
Keeping something secret
hiding · withholding · obscuring · suppressing · covering up
acquaintingdeceiving
Causing false belief
misleading · misrepresenting · misinforming · falsifying · deluding
acquaintingestranging
Causing emotional separation
alienating · distancing · separating · isolating · disconnecting