au fait
/əʊ ˈfeɪ
/ /o ˈfɛ(t)/adjective (au fait with)
Having a good or detailed knowledge of: you should be au fait with the company and its products...
- Engineers in all sectors of industry must be completely au fait with the state of the art.
- For those of you not quite au fait with Surrealist parlour games, the term ‘exquisite corpse’ originates from the game more commonly known as Consequences.
Synonyms
familiar, acquainted, conversant, at home, up to date, up with, in touch;
abreast of, apprised of, in the know about, well informed about, knowledgeable about, well versed in, enlightened about, aware of, no stranger to;
French au courant
informal clued up about, genned up about, clued up on, plugged into, well up on, wise to, hip to
British informal switched on to
US informal down
Origin
Mid 18th century: from French, literally 'to the fact, to the point'.
Rhymes
- characteristic radiation
- characterizable
- characterization
- characterize
- characterizer
- characterless
- characterological
- characterologically
- characterologist
- characterology
- character part
- character piece
- character recognition
- character reference
- character role
- character set
- character sketch
- character sketching
- character state
- character string
- character structure
- character witness
- charactery
- charade
- charango