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What (who) is acquire - definition
BOARD GAME DESIGNED BY SID SACKSON
NetAcquire; Adquire; Aquire
acquire
(acquires, acquiring, acquired)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you. (FORMAL)
General Motors acquired a 50% stake in Saab for about $400m...
I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree...
VERB: V n, V n from n
2.
If you acquire something such as a skill or a habit, you learn it, or develop it through your daily life or experience.
I've never acquired a taste for wine...
VERB: V n
3.
If someone or something acquires a certain reputation, they start to have that reputation.
He has acquired a reputation as this country's premier solo violinist.
VERB: V n
4.
If you describe something as an acquired taste, you mean that a lot of people do not like it when they first experience it, but often start to like it more when they get to know it better.
Broad beans are very much an acquired taste...
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR
acquire
¦ verb come to possess (something).
?learn or develop (a skill, quality, etc.).
Phrases
acquired taste a thing that one learns to like over time.
Derivatives
acquirable adjective
acquiree noun (Finance).
acquirement noun
acquirer noun
Origin
ME acquere, from OFr. aquerre, based on L. acquirere 'get in addition', from ad- 'to' + quaerere 'seek'.
acquire
v. a.
1.
Gain, obtain, achieve, attain, procure, earn, win, get, secure, have, make, get possession of, get into one's hands. See purchase.
2.
Master, learn thoroughly, make one's self master of.
Wikipedia
Acquire
Acquire is a board game published by 3M in 1964 that involves multi-player mergers and acquisitions. It was one of the most popular games in the 3M Bookshelf games series published in the 1960s, and the only one still published in the United States.
Examples of use of acquire
1. "Sinopec will not acquire overseas–listed companies.
2. It helps people to come together and acquire a voice.
3. "That takes time to acquire." Will drilling hurt recreation industry?
4. Manmohan Singh needs to acquire this––fast," Rangarajan said.
5. Ethics loom large and morality‘s plans acquire a finer focus.