ac·qui·si·tion ( k w -zsh  n)n. 1. The act of acquiring. 2. Something acquired or gained: added two new acquisitions to my library. [Middle English adquisicioun, attainment, from Latin acquisiti  , acquisitin-, from acquisitus, past participle of acqu rere, to acquire; see acquire.] |
acquisition [ˌækwɪˈzɪʃən]
n
1. the act of acquiring or gaining possession
2. something acquired
3. a person or thing of special merit added to a group
4. (Astronautics) Astronautics the process of locating a spacecraft, satellite, etc., esp by radar, in order to gather tracking and telemetric information
[from Latin acquīsītiōn-, from acquīrere to acquire]
See: collection (acquisition).
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| Noun | 1. | acquisition - the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another" acquiring, getting - the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving" incurring - acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); "incurring debts is easier than paying them" moneymaking - the act of making money (and accumulating wealth) annexation - the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation; "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"; "a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation" pork-barreling - acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale; "keeps his hold on his constituents through unashamed pork-barreling" purchase - the acquisition of something for payment; "they closed the purchase with a handshake" acceptance - the act of taking something that is offered; "her acceptance of the gift encouraged him"; "he anticipated their acceptance of his offer" taking over, succession - acquisition of property by descent or by will laying claim, assumption - the act of taking possession of or power over something; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts" inheritance, heritage - hereditary succession to a title or an office or property procural, procurance, procurement - the act of getting possession of something; "he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies" regaining, restitution, restoration, return - getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing" buyout - acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock |
| 2. | acquisition - something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum" transferred possession, transferred property - a possession whose ownership changes or lapses accession, addition - something added to what you already have; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff" purchase - something acquired by purchase gift - something acquired without compensation | |
| 3. |  acquisition - the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"basic cognitive process - cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge conditioning - a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment developmental learning - learning that takes place as a normal part of cognitive development digestion - learning and coming to understand ideas and information; "his appetite for facts was better than his digestion" education - the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's" internalisation, internalization, incorporation - learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself imprinting - a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established language learning - learning to use a language committal to memory, memorisation, memorization - learning so as to be able to remember verbatim; "the actor's memorization of his lines" study, work - applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading); "mastering a second language requires a lot of work"; "no schools offer graduate study in interior design" carry-over, transfer of training, transfer - application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation | |
| 4. |  acquisition - an ability that has been acquired by trainingability, power - possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination" horsemanship - skill in handling and riding horses literacy - the ability to read and write marksmanship - skill in shooting mastership - the skill of a master mixology - skill in preparing mixed drinks numeracy - skill with numbers and mathematics oarsmanship - skill as an oarsman salesmanship - skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy; "he read a book on salesmanship but it didn't help" seamanship - skill in sailing showmanship - the ability to present something (especially theatrical shows) in an attractive manner soldiering, soldiership - skills that are required for the life of soldier swordsmanship - skill in fencing |
acquisition
noun
1. acquiring, gaining, achievement, procurement, attainment, acquirement, obtainment the President's recent acquisition of a helicopter
2. purchase, buy, investment, property, gain, prize, asset, possession her latest acquisition, a bright red dress
Translations
acquisition [ˌækwɪˈzɪʃən] N
1. (= act, purchased object) → adquisición f
2. (Comm) [of company] → absorción f
acquisition [ˌækwɪˈzɪʃən] n
(= thing obtained) → acquisition f
(= acquiring) [property, goods] → acquisition f; [skill, knowledge] → acquisition f
acquisition
n
(= thing acquired) → Anschaffung f; acquisition cost(s) → Anschaffungskosten pl; he’s a useful acquisition to the department → er ist ein Gewinn für die Abteilung
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