acquisitionnoun
uk/ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/us/ˌæk.wəˈzɪʃ.ən/[ U ] the process of getting something:
The acquisition of huge amounts of data has helped our research enormously.
Language acquisition (= learning a language without being taught) starts at a very young age.
[ C ] something that someone buys, often to add to a collection of things:
The museum's latest acquisition is a four-million-dollar sculpture.
I like your earrings - are they a recent acquisition? (= Did you get them recently?)
[ C or U ] something such as a building, another company, or a piece of land that is bought by a company, or the act of buying it
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Getting, receiving and accepting
- acquihire
- acquire
- awardee
- carve
- carve sth out (for yourself)
- draw
- fill
- glom onto sth/sb
- go to sb
- grasp
- obtain
- pick
- pick sth up
- pounce
- score
- secure
- snatch at sth
- target
- wangle
- wrest
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