acquisition

ac·qui·si·tion

A0062900 (ăk′wĭ-zĭsh′ən)n.1. The act of acquiring.2. Something acquired or gained: added two new acquisitions to my library.

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[Middle English adquisicioun, attainment, from Latin acquisitiō, acquisitiōn-, from acquisitus, past participle of acquīrere, to acquire; see acquire.]

acquisition

(ˌækwɪˈzɪʃən) n1. the act of acquiring or gaining possession2. something acquired3. a person or thing of special merit added to a group4. (Astronautics) astronautics the process of locating a spacecraft, satellite, etc, esp by radar, in order to gather tracking and telemetric information[C14: from Latin acquīsītiōn-, from acquīrere to acquire]

ac•qui•si•tion

(ˌæk wəˈzɪʃ ən)

n. 1. the act of acquiring or gaining possession. 2. something acquired; addition. [1375–1425; Middle English < Latin acquīsītiō] ac`qui•si′tion•al, adj. ac•quis•i•tor (əˈkwɪz ɪ tər) n.

acquisition

See: collection (acquisition).

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	acquisition - the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"acquiring, getting - the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"incurring - acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); "incurring debts is easier than paying them"moneymaking - the act of making money (and accumulating wealth)annexation - the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation; "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"; "a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation"pork-barreling - acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale; "keeps his hold on his constituents through unashamed pork-barreling"purchase - the acquisition of something for payment; "they closed the purchase with a handshake"acceptance - the act of taking something that is offered; "her acceptance of the gift encouraged him"; "he anticipated their acceptance of his offer"taking over, succession - acquisition of property by descent or by willlaying claim, assumption - the act of taking possession of or power over something; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts"inheritance, heritage - hereditary succession to a title or an office or propertyprocural, procurance, procurement - the act of getting possession of something; "he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies"regaining, restitution, restoration, return - getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"buyout - acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock
	2.	acquisition - something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum"transferred possession, transferred property - a possession whose ownership changes or lapsesaccession, addition - something added to what you already have; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff"purchase - something acquired by purchasegift - something acquired without compensation
	3.	acquisition - the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"learningbasic cognitive process - cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledgeconditioning - a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environmentdevelopmental learning - learning that takes place as a normal part of cognitive developmentdigestion - learning and coming to understand ideas and information; "his appetite for facts was better than his digestion"education - the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's"internalisation, internalization, incorporation - learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourselfimprinting - a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are establishedlanguage learning - learning to use a languagecommittal to memory, memorisation, memorization - learning so as to be able to remember verbatim; "the actor's memorization of his lines"study, work - applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading); "mastering a second language requires a lot of work"; "no schools offer graduate study in interior design"carry-over, transfer of training, transfer - application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation
	4.	acquisition - an ability that has been acquired by trainingacquirement, skill, accomplishment, attainmentability, power - possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"craftsmanship, workmanship, craft - skill in an occupation or tradehorsemanship - skill in handling and riding horsesliteracy - the ability to read and writemarksmanship - skill in shootingmastership - the skill of a mastermixology - skill in preparing mixed drinksnumeracy - skill with numbers and mathematicsoarsmanship - skill as an oarsmansalesmanship - skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy; "he read a book on salesmanship but it didn't help"seamanship - skill in sailingshowmanship - the ability to present something (especially theatrical shows) in an attractive mannersoldiering, soldiership - skills that are required for the life of soldierswordsmanship - skill in fencing

acquisition

noun1. acquiring, gaining, achievement, procurement, attainment, acquirement, obtainment the President's recent acquisition of a helicopter2. purchase, buy, investment, property, gain, prize, asset, possession her latest acquisition, a bright red dress

acquisition

noun1. Something completed or attained successfully:accomplishment, achievement, acquirement, attainment, effort, feat.2. Something tending to augment something else:accession, addition, augmentation.

Translations

获取获得物

acquire

(əˈkwaiə) verb to get. He acquired a knowledge of English. 習得，獲得 学到，获得 acquisition (ӕkwiˈziʃən) noun1. the act of acquiring. the acquisition of more land. 獲得 获取2. something acquired. Her recent acquisitions included a piano. 獲得物 获得物acquisitive (əˈkwizətiv) adjective eager to get possessions. an acquisitive child. 貪得的，物慾重的 渴望得到的，贪得无厌的 acˈquisitiveness noun 貪得，渴望佔有 渴望得到