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ac·quired
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Princeton's WordNet
acquiredadjective
gotten through environmental forces
"acquired characteristics (such as a suntan or a broken nose) cannot be passed on"
Wiktionary
acquiredadjective
Developed postfetally; not congenital.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Acquiredparticip. adj.
Gained by one’s self, in opposition to those things which are bestowed by nature.
Etymology: from acquire.
We are seldom at ease, and free enough from the solicitation of our natural or adopted desires; but a constant succession of uneasinesses, out of that stock, which natural wants, or acquired habits, have heaped up, take the will in their turns. John Locke.
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acquired
Acquired generally refers to something that has been obtained or gained through a particular process or action. This can refer to material possessions, skills, knowledge, characteristics, or conditions that one did not have previously. It often implies that some effort, learning, or experience was involved in gaining what has been acquired.
Webster Dictionary
Acquired
of Acquire
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'acquired' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2677
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of acquired in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of acquired in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of acquired in a Sentence
Vice President Harris ' got a crash course in terms of( Russian President) Vladimir Putin's intentions and Vladimir Putin strategy. While much of that experience was acquired behind the scenes, it did provide deep experience in terms of the threats that the United States and the global world order face from Russia in this moment.
Even before kids come to this bee, they are already winners because they have acquired a lot of knowledge, it's a lot of dedication from our side, combined with his talents.
If thou lackest knowledge, what hast thou then acquired? Hast thou acquired knowledge, what else dost thou want?
52% of the Fortune 500 have been merged, acquired, bankrupted, or fallen off of the list since 2000." (2013)
Power is acquired, not distributed. Equity is what gets distributed.
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