acquaintance

noun

/əˈkweɪntəns/

Idioms

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[countable] a person that you know but who is not a close friend
- Claire has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.
- He's just a business acquaintance.
- I bumped into an old acquaintance on the train.
Wordfinder
- acquaintance
- bond
- buddy
- companion
- comrade
- friend
- mate
- neighbour
- platonic
- playmate
Extra Examples
- He was greeted as an old acquaintance.
- I bumped into a casual acquaintance in town.
Topics Family and relationshipsb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- casual
- new
- close
- …
verb + acquaintance
- bump into
- meet
- run into
- …
phrases
- friends and acquaintances
See full entry
[uncountable, countable] acquaintance (with somebody) (formal) slight friendship
- He hoped their acquaintance would develop further.
- a man with whom I had a passing acquaintance
- I first met Simon in 2008 and struck up an acquaintance with him.
[uncountable, countable] acquaintance with something (formal) knowledge of something
- I had little acquaintance with modern poetry.
Extra Examples
- her acquaintance with modern French philosophy
- They have little acquaintance with colloquial English.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- nodding
- passing
- slight
- …
verb + acquaintance
- make somebody’s/something’s
- strike up
- renew
- …
preposition
- of somebody’s acquaintance
- acquaintance with
phrases
- have an acquaintance with
- on close acquaintance
- on closer acquaintance
- …
See full entry

Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘mutual knowledge, being acquainted’): from Old French acointance, from acointier ‘make known’, from late Latin accognitare, from Latin accognoscere, from ad- ‘to’ + cognoscere ‘come to know’.

Idioms

have a nodding acquaintance with somebody/something

to only know somebody/something slightly

make somebody’s acquaintance | make the acquaintance of somebody

(formal) to meet somebody for the first time
- I am delighted to make your acquaintance, Mrs Baker.
- I made the acquaintance of several musicians around that time.
- I first made his acquaintance in 1992.

of your acquaintance

(formal) that you know
- No one else of my acquaintance was as rich or successful.
- He introduced me to a lady of his acquaintance.

on first acquaintance

(formal) when you first meet somebody
- Even on first acquaintance it was clear that he was not ‘the right type’.
- On first acquaintance she seemed a little odd.

单词	acquaintance
释义	acquaintance noun /əˈkweɪntəns/ /əˈkweɪntəns/ Idioms jump to other results [countable] a person that you know but who is not a close friend Claire has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. He's just a business acquaintance. I bumped into an old acquaintance on the train. Wordfinder acquaintance bond buddy companion comrade friend mate neighbour platonic playmate Extra Examples He was greeted as an old acquaintance. I bumped into a casual acquaintance in town. Topics Family and relationshipsb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective casual new close … verb + acquaintance bump into meet run into … phrases friends and acquaintances See full entry [uncountable, countable] acquaintance (with somebody) (formal) slight friendship He hoped their acquaintance would develop further. a man with whom I had a passing acquaintance I first met Simon in 2008 and struck up an acquaintance with him. [uncountable, countable] acquaintance with something (formal) knowledge of something I had little acquaintance with modern poetry. Extra Examples her acquaintance with modern French philosophy They have little acquaintance with colloquial English. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective nodding passing slight … verb + acquaintance make somebody’s/something’s strike up renew … preposition of somebody’s acquaintance acquaintance with phrases have an acquaintance with on close acquaintance on closer acquaintance … See full entry Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘mutual knowledge, being acquainted’): from Old French acointance, from acointier ‘make known’, from late Latin accognitare, from Latin accognoscere, from ad- ‘to’ + cognoscere ‘come to know’. Idioms have a nodding acquaintance with somebody/something to only know somebody/something slightly make somebody’s acquaintance \| make the acquaintance of somebody (formal) to meet somebody for the first time I am delighted to make your acquaintance, Mrs Baker. I made the acquaintance of several musicians around that time. I first made his acquaintance in 1992. of your acquaintance (formal) that you know No one else of my acquaintance was as rich or successful. He introduced me to a lady of his acquaintance. on first acquaintance (formal) when you first meet somebody Even on first acquaintance it was clear that he was not ‘the right type’. On first acquaintance she seemed a little odd.
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