Be familiar with
Understand and be familiar with are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Understand" instead a verb phrase "Be familiar with".
Understand
Understand verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.
Be familiar with and understand are semantically related. You can use "Be familiar with" instead a verb "Understand".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sense and be familiar with
- sense and understand
- feel and be familiar with
- feel and understand
- recognize and be familiar with
- recognize and understand
- conceive and be familiar with
- conceive and understand
- appreciate and be familiar with
- appreciate and understand
- see and be familiar with
- see and understand
- perceive and be familiar with
- perceive and understand
Both terms in one sentence
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In-Joke: Many, many characters drop references and Mythology Gags that require the player to be familiar with the franchise in question to understand.
- You don't have to be familiar with the original versions of these characters to understand and enjoy even the most Fanwank-heavy scenes and episodes.
Source: Pandering to the Base - Comments: It is so well written that the reader need not be familiar with either series to understand and enjoy the story — he will learn everything he needs to know about them before he's more than a third of the way through.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Brimstone
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