What does acquire mean?

Definitions for acquire
əˈkwaɪərac·quire

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. get, acquireverb

    come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

    "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"

  2. assume, acquire, adopt, take on, takeverb

    take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

    "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"

  3. grow, develop, produce, get, acquireverb

    come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

    "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"

  4. acquireverb

    locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar

  5. acquire, win, gainverb

    win something through one's efforts

    "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"

  6. learn, larn, acquireverb

    gain knowledge or skills

    "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"

  7. develop, acquire, evolveverb

    gain through experience

    "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting"

Wiktionary

  1. acquireverb

    To get.

  2. acquireverb

    To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own, as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

  3. Etymology: From aqueren, from aquerre, from adquaerere; ad + quaero. See quest.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To ACQUIREverb

    To gain by one’s own labour or power; to obtain what is not received from nature, or transmitted by inheritance.

    Etymology: acquerir, Fr. acquiro, Lat.

    I’ve done enough. A lower place not well,
    May make too great an act: for learn this, Silius,
    Better to leave undone, than by our deed
    Acquire too high a fame, while he, we serve, ’s away. William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra.

Wikipedia

  1. 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.

ChatGPT

  1. acquire

    To acquire means to obtain or gain possession of something. It could refer to a variety of things such as knowledge, skills, assets, property, or goods. It can also refer to the act of learning or developing something.

  2. acquire

    To acquire means to obtain or gain possession of something. This could refer to acquiring physical items, such as property or goods, or intangible things such as knowledge, skills, or rights. It often implies a degree of effort, action or investment involved in obtaining the desired object or attribute.

  3. acquire

    To acquire generally means to obtain, get, receive, or gain possession of something. This could be through buying, earning, or learning. It's often used in context of skills, knowledge, possessions, or assets.

  4. acquire

    To acquire generally means to obtain, gain or come into possession of something. It could be through buying, earning, discovering, learning or through any other means. This term can be used in different contexts such as acquiring knowledge, acquiring property, acquiring a company, etc.

  5. acquire

    To acquire means to obtain or gain possession of something, either through buying, earning, or learning. This could include physical objects, skills, knowledge or even businesses and properties.

  6. acquire

    To acquire generally means to obtain, gain, or procure something such as possession, knowledge, skills, or assets. This could also refer to the act of learning or developing a particular ability or knowledge. It could further imply the process of buying or obtaining an asset or object, specifically for a business or a corporation.

  7. acquire

    To acquire means to obtain or gain possession of something. This could be through buying, earning, being given or learning. The term can be used to refer to a range of items or concepts, including physical possessions, knowledge, skills, or stake in a company.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Acquireverb

    to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits

Wikidata

  1. Acquire

    Acquire is a board game designed by Sid Sackson. The game was originally published in 1962 by 3M as a part of their bookshelf games series. In most versions, the theme of the game is investing in hotel chains. In the 1990s Hasbro edition, the hotel chains were replaced by generic corporations, though the actual gameplay was unchanged. The game is currently published by Hasbro under the Avalon Hill brand, and the companies are once again hotel chains. The object of the game is to earn the most money by developing and merging hotel chains. When a chain in which a player owns stock is acquired by a larger chain, players earn money based on the size of the acquired chain. At the end of the game, all players liquidate their stock in order to determine which player has the most money.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Acquire

    ak-kwīr′, v.t. to gain: to attain to.—n. Acquirabil′ity.—adj. Acquir′able, that may be acquired.—ns. Acquire′ment, something learned or got by effort, rather than a gift of nature; Acquisi′tion, the act of acquiring: that which is acquired.—adj. Acquis′itive, desirous to acquire.—n. Acquis′itiveness, propensity to acquire—one of the phrenologists' so-called faculties, with its special organ. [O. Fr. aquerre—L. acquirĕre, -quisitumad, to, and quærĕre, to seek.]

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'acquire' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4430

  2. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'acquire' in Verbs Frequency: #307

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of acquire in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of acquire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of acquire in a Sentence

  1. Madhur Deora:

    Two years ago, we were in this super high investment phase where we were creating a lot of consumer and merchant traction on the platform, we have found that it is easier — much easier — than two years ago to acquire and retain customers, hence, we are spending a lot less.

  2. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel:

    We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest.

  3. Brian Tracy:

    Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

  4. Patrick Thomas:

    Maybe there's a piece of technology we want to acquire to add on to that business. We'd love it to be bigger.

  5. Niccolò Machiavelli:

    The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

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