acquire
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
government
mathematics
medicine
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
sciences
war
Etymology: From Middle English acqueren, from Old French aquerre, from Latin acquirō; ad- + quaerō (“to seek for”). See quest.
Inflected forms:
form: acquires
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: acquiring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: acquired
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: acquired
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: acquire
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: acquire
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: acquired
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: acquire
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: acquirest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: acquired
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: acquiredst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: acquires
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: acquireth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: acquired
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: acquire
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: acquired
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: acquire
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: acquired
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: acquire
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: acquiring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: acquired
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To get.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to acquire a skill
to acquire decent habits and manners
He acquired a title.
All the riches he acquired were from hard work.
One should acquire as much knowledge as possible from reading.
No virtue is acquired in an instant, but by degrees, step by step.
Descent is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law.
Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.
In the process of basification, the top layer of the crust becomes basic, while the lower becomes ultrabasic acquiring the density of the mantle or an even greater density
If you're black you've had to improvise communication with unilingual whites, she'd probably easily acquire this ancient one, too.
gloss: To become affected by an illness.
pos: verb
gloss: To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
pos: verb
gloss: To begin tracking a mobile target with a particular detector or sight, generally with the implication that an attack on the target thereby becomes possible.
pos: verb
tags: Canada
US
Synonyms: achieve
acquire
collect
find
gather
get
score
Antonyms: abandon
lose
discard
dispose
Related words: acquisition
acquirement
acquisitive
acquisitory
obtain
reach
Derived words: acquihire
acquirability
acquirable
acquired taste
acquiree
acquirer
acquiry
after-acquired title
preacquire
pre-acquired
reacquire
unacquire
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