| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| NOUN | 1 | acquisition | The act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something |
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| 2 | acquisition | Something acquired | |
| 3 | acquisition, learning | The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge | |
| 4 | acquisition, skill, accomplishment, acquirement, attainment | An ability that has been acquired by training |
| Sounds | ae.kwahzih'shahn |
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| Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2504 more rhymes in ahn at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | The act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something. |
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| Examples | "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another" |
| Narrower | incurring; moneymaking; annexation; pork-barreling; purchase; acceptance; succession, taking over; assumption, laying claim; inheritance, heritage; procurement, procurance, procural; restitution, return, restoration, regaining; buyout |
| Broader | acquiring, getting |
| Verbs | acquire |
| Meaning | Something acquired. |
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| Examples | "a recent acquisition by the museum" |
| Narrower | accession, addition; purchase; gift |
| Broader | transferred property, transferred possession |
| Meaning | The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge. |
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| Examples | "the child's acquisition of language" |
| Synonyms | learning |
| Narrower | conditioning; developmental learning; digestion; education; internalization, internalisation, incorporation; imprinting; language learning; memorization, memorisation, committal to memory; study, work; transfer, transfer of training, carry-over |
| Broader | basic cognitive process |
| Verbs | acquire; acquire |
| Meaning | An ability that has been acquired by training. |
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| Synonyms | skill, accomplishment, acquirement, attainment |
| Narrower | craft, craftsmanship, workmanship; horsemanship; marksmanship; literacy; numeracy; oarsmanship; salesmanship; seamanship; showmanship; soldiering, soldiership; swordsmanship |
| Broader | ability, power |
| Verbs | acquire |