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verb (used with object), ac·quired, ac·quir·ing. to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
to gain for oneself through one's actions or efforts: to acquire learning.
Linguistics . to achieve native or nativelike command of (a language or a linguistic rule or element).
Military . to locate and track (a moving target) with a detector, as radar.
Origin of acquire 1400–50; from Latin acquīrere “to add to one's possessions, acquire” (ac- ac- + -quīrere, combining form of quaerere “to search for, obtain”); replacing late Middle English aquere from Middle French aquerre from Latin
SYNONYMS FOR acquire 2 win, earn, attain; appropriate.
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synonym study for acquire 1 . See get.
OTHER WORDS FROM acquire ac·quir·a·ble, adjective ac·quir·a·bil·i·ty, noun ac·quir·er, noun pre·ac·quire, verb, pre·ac·quired, pre·ac·quir·ing.
re·ac·quire, verb (used with object), re·ac·quired, re·ac·quir·ing. self-ac·quired, adjective un·ac·quir·a·ble, adjective un·ac·quired, adjective well-ac·quired, adjective
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Words nearby acquire acquainted, acquest, acquiesce, acquiescence, acquiescent, acquire , acquired, acquired antibody, acquired behaviour, acquired character, acquired characteristic
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Example sentences from the Web for acquire Microsoft and Oracle already announced plans to make bids to acquire ByteDance.
Half of Americans oppose Trump’s potential ban of TikTok | Lance Lambert| August 21, 2020| Fortune
Last month, the company announced it had acquire d the production company behind the hit podcast “Serial.”
‘Unstoppable innovator’: The meteoric rise of Meredith Kopit Levien, the next New York Times CEO | Steven Perlberg| August 19, 2020| Digiday
Last month, the company said it will acquire podcast production company Serial Productions.
How the world’s biggest media companies fared through the ongoing crisis in Q2 | Lara O'Reilly| August 12, 2020| Digiday
That being said, the maker of Microsoft Office is not an obvious candidate to acquire a social video app popular with high schoolers.
5 questions about Microsoft’s plans for TikTok | Tim Peterson| August 5, 2020| Digiday
Microsoft is reportedly in talks to acquire TikTok from its parent company ByteDance, which could avert a ban.
‘There is a battle going on’: TikTok-Instagram rivalry for creators heating up | Tim Peterson| August 3, 2020| Digiday
But none of them managed to be able to acquire the weapons or the bomb materials to carry out either event.
Post Office Robbers More Wanted Than ISIS | M.L. Nestel| December 13, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Every question—for services to buy or advice to acquire —comes with a number.
Sex, Suicide, and Homework: The Secret World of the Telephone Hotline | Tim Teeman| November 20, 2014| DAILY BEAST
“We have been and will continue to work to acquire the drugs in accordance with the law,” McNaughton said via email.
Pennsylvania’s Lethal Injection Fiasco | Christopher Moraff| September 18, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Dodge did acquire the collection, and now his own runs to 125 bicycles, dating from 1820 to 1920.
Pryor Dodge's Two-Wheeled Obsession Is Now a Museum of Bike History | Anthony Haden-Guest| September 15, 2014| DAILY BEAST
According to media reports, Amazon, 21st Century Fox, Hearst, and Condé Nast are all vying to acquire StyleHaul.
Inside StyleHaul, the Largest Fashion Network on YouTube You’ve Never Heard Of | Lizzie Crocker| August 24, 2014| DAILY BEAST
To acquire more and more of it was an obsession with some of them.
The Stronghold | Miriam Haynie
There is only one method for any man to acquire even this proximate skill; and that requires long and patient practice.
The Leopard Woman | Stewart Edward White
The houses seemed to acquire from the gray and silver web of October enchantment a mysterious immensity.
Carnival | Compton Mackenzie
It seemed to him a most worthy thing to acquire their favor, and he wondered when it would be his turn to fall really in love.
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Go among women with the good qualities of your sex, and you will acquire from them the softness and the graces of theirs.
The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son | The Earl of Chesterfield
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British Dictionary definitions for acquire verb (tr) to get or gain (something, such as an object, trait, or ability), esp more or less permanently
Derived forms of acquire acquirable , adjective acquirement , noun acquirer , noun Word Origin for acquire C15: via Old French from Latin acquīrere, from ad- in addition + quaerere to get, seek
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