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 Definitions of acquisitive  [əˈkwɪz ɪ tɪv]  

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Definition of 'acquisitive' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) acquisitive
tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily.

Etymology:  (1630–40; < ML, LL)

Definition of 'acquisitive' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) acquisitive
eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
"an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"
Definition of 'acquisitive' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) acquisitive
acquired

2. (adj) acquisitive
able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an acquisitive person or disposition
Translation of 'acquisitive' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: eager to get possessions
an acquisitive child.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gretig Arabic flag Arabic: مُولَع بِالأكْتِسَاب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: възприемчив
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ávido Czech flag Czech: hrabivý, nenasytný German flag German: habgierig
Danish flag Danish: havesyg; begærlig Greek flag Greek: πλεονέκτης, άπληστος Spanish flag Spanish: codicioso
Estonian flag Estonian: ahne Farsi flag Farsi: حریص Finnish flag Finnish: omistushaluinen
French flag French: avide Hebrew flag Hebrew: רְכוּשָנִי Hindi flag Hindi: अर्जनशील
Croatian flag Croatian: gramzljiv Hungarian flag Hungarian: szereznivágyó Indonesian flag Indonesian: ingin memiliki, serakah
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ágjarn Italian flag Italian: avido Japanese flag Japanese: 欲しがる
Korean flag Korean: 욕심이 많은 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: godus Latvian flag Latvian: mantrausīgs
Malay flag Malay: berkeinginan Dutch flag Dutch: hebberig Norwegian flag Norwegian: kjøpelysten, begjærlig
Polish flag Polish: zachłanny Persian flag Persian: حریص Pashto flag Pashto: حريص
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ávido Romanian flag Romanian: lacom Russian flag Russian: жадный
Slovak flag Slovak: chamtivý, nenásytný Slovenian flag Slovenian: grabežljiv Serbian flag Serbian: gramziv
Swedish flag Swedish: förvärvslysten, hagalen Thai flag Thai: โลภ Turkish flag Turkish: aç gözlü, doymaz
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 貪得的，物慾重的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: той, що здобуває; сприйня Urdu flag Urdu: حاصل کرنے کا خواہشمند
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: có khả năng tiếp thu Chinese flag Chinese: 渴望得到的，贪得无厌的

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