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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 |