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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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