acquaint
verb
ac·quaint ə-ˈkwānt 
acquainted; acquainting; acquaints
transitive verb
1
: to cause to know personally
was acquainted with the mayor
2
: to make familiar : to cause to know firsthand
acquainting the new employees with their responsibilities
She took a few days to acquaint herself with the facts of the case.
Synonyms
- accustom
- familiarize
- initiate
- introduce
- orient
- orientate
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Example Sentences
This class is designed to acquaint students with the region's most important writers. Mr. King spent the first week of the summer internship acquainting everyone with the new computers.
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Olivia Zayas Ryan, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2022 Narrating your activities will acquaint your child with human speech and language. Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 21 July 2022 Narrating your activities will acquaint your child with human speech and language. Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 21 July 2022 Narrating your activities will acquaint your child with human speech and language. cleveland, 21 July 2022 Narrating your activities will acquaint your child with human speech and language. Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 21 July 2022 The job — and the era’s harsh realities — acquaint her intimately with the countless, sometimes freakish ways a life can end. Alice Mcdermott, New York Times, 22 June 2022 As people drool over the supercool trailer for Jim Jarmusch’s upcoming zombie film, The Dead Don’t Die, take the chance to acquaint yourself with his early work, starting with this 1984 breakthrough, starring John Lurie and Richard Edson. Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2021 Streaming from their home in Kraków and wearing traditional garb, Monika and Tomasz will acquaint you with their grandmother’s recipe for Poland’s favorite stuffed dumpling: the pierogi. Bon Appétit, 13 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English acoynten, aqueynten, borrowed from Anglo-French acuinter, acointer, aqueinter, going back to Vulgar Latin *accognitāre, frequentative formation from the base of Latin accognōscere "to recognize," from ad- ad- + cognōscere "to get to know" — more at cognition, quaint
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing acquaint
Kids Definition
acquaint
verb
ac·quaint ə-ˈkwānt
acquainted; acquainting
1
: to cause to know personally
They became acquainted at school.
2
: to make familiar
The supervisor acquainted them with their duties.
acquainting
verb
1
as in introducing
to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to Mr. King spent the first week of the summer internship acquainting everyone with the new computers Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- introducing
- familiarizing
- educating
- orienting
- accustoming
- orientating
- initiating
- informing
- exposing
- apprising
- presenting
- habituating
- training
- subjecting
- instructing
- enlightening
- schooling
- grounding
- versing
- briefing
- reacquainting
- wonting
- warning
- filling in
- advising
- telling
- cluing (in)
- clueing (in)
- tipping (off)
- wising (up)
2
as in informing
to give information to his sailor friend acquainted him with the latest navigational aids for weekend yachtsmen Synonyms & Similar Words
- informing
- advising
- telling
- instructing
- familiarizing
- educating
- apprising
- teaching
- briefing
- enlightening
- versing
- notifying
- hipping
- alerting
- clearing
- filling in
- catching up
- advertising
- assuring
- lecturing
- convincing
- keeping (someone) posted
- letting someone know
- cluing (in)
- clueing (in)
- reassuring
- wising (up)
- certifying
- schooling
- tutoring
- disabusing
- warranting
- disillusioning
- undeceiving
- disenchanting
- disclosing (to)
- announcing (to)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- misleading
- misinforming
3
as in presenting
to make (one person) known (to another) socially hoping that someone would acquaint them with the new neighbors Synonyms & Similar Words
- introducing
- presenting
- greeting
- addressing
- reacquainting
- meeting
- hailing
- reintroducing