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1. (n.) acquaintance
a person known to one, but usu. not a close friend.
2. acquaintance
the state of being acquainted.
3. acquaintance
personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.
4. acquaintance
(used with a pl. v.) the persons with whom one is acquainted.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < OF)
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| Definition of 'Acquaintance' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancy
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
2. (noun) acquaintance, acquaintanceship
a relationship less intimate than friendship
3. (noun) acquaintance, friend
a person with whom you are acquainted
"I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"
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1. (noun) acquaintance
sb you know a little
more of an acquaintance than a friend
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| Definition of 'Acquaintance' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Acquaintance
a state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him
2. (noun) Acquaintance
a person or persons with whom one is acquainted
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| Definitions of 'Acquaintance' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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Acquaintance
Any one we bow to politely at the opera or shake hands with warmly in a barroom, but whom we would kick out of our homes. Hence, any one who has refused us a loan.
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Sense: a person whom one knows slightly.
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Afrikaans: kennis |
Arabic: أحَد مَعَارِف المَرْء |
Bulgarian: познат |
Brazilian: conhecido |
Czech: známý (člověk) |
German: der/die Bekannte(r) |
Danish: bekendt |
Greek: γνώριμος, γνωστός |
Spanish: conocido |
Estonian: tuttav |
Farsi: آشنا |
Finnish: tuttu |
French: connaissance |
Hebrew: מַכָּר |
Hindi: परिचित |
Croatian: poznavati |
Hungarian: ismerős |
Indonesian: kenalan |
Icelandic: kunningi |
Italian: conoscente |
Japanese: 知り合い |
Korean: 아는 사람 |
Lithuanian: pažįstamas |
Latvian: paziņa |
Malay: kenalan |
Dutch: kennis |
Norwegian: bekjent, kjenning |
Polish: znajomy |
Persian: آشنا |
Pashto: اشنا |
Portuguese: conhecido |
Romanian: cunoştinţă |
Russian: знакомый |
Slovak: známy |
Slovenian: znanec |
Serbian: poznanik (poznanica) |
Swedish: bekant |
Thai: คนรู้จัก |
Turkish: tanıdık, bildik |
Taiwanese: 相識(但不熟)的人,泛泛之交 |
Ukrainian: знайомство |
Urdu: واقف ، جان کار |
Vietnamese: người quen sơ |
Chinese: 相识的人,泛泛之交 |
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