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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ac•quaint•ance /əˈkweɪntns/USA pronunciation n. - a person whom one knows casually:[countable]only a business acquaintance.
- personal knowledge or information: [uncountable]his acquaintance with African literature.[countable]I have some acquaintance with the Swedish language.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ac•quaint•ance (ə kwān′tns),USA pronunciation n. - a person known to one, but usually not a close friend.
- the state of being acquainted.
- personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.:a good acquaintance with French wines.
- (used with a pl. v.) the persons with whom one is acquainted.
Also, ac•quaint′ance•ship′ (for defs. 2, 3). - Old French acointance. See acquaint, -ance
- Middle English aqueinta(u)nce, acoyntaunce 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Acquaintance, associate, companion, friend refer to a person with whom one is in contact. An acquaintance is someone recognized by sight or someone known, though not intimately:a casual acquaintance.An associate is a person who is often in one's company, usually because of some work, enterprise, or pursuit in common:a business associate.A companion is a person who shares one's activities, fate, or condition:a traveling companion; companion in despair.A friend is a person with whom one is on intimate terms and for whom one feels a warm affection:a trusted friend.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged familiarity, awareness.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: acquaintance /əˈkweɪntəns/ n - a person with whom one has been in contact but who is not a close friend
- knowledge of a person or thing, esp when slight
- make the acquaintance of ⇒ to come into social contact with
- those persons collectively whom one knows
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