acquire

ac·quire

 (ə-kwīr′)

tr.v. ac·quired, ac·quir·ing, ac·quires

1. To gain possession of: acquire 100 shares of stock.

2. To get by one's own efforts: acquire proficiency in math.

3. To gain through experience; come by: acquired a growing dislike of television sitcoms.

4. To locate (a target) with an aiming device or a tracking system, such as radar.

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[Middle English acquere, from Old French aquerre, from Latin acquīrere, to add to : ad-, ad- + quaerere, to seek, get.]

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ac·quir′a·ble adj.

ac·quir′er n.

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acquire

(əˈkwaɪə)

vb

(tr) to get or gain (something, such as an object, trait, or ability), esp more or less permanently

[C15: via Old French from Latin acquīrere, from ad- in addition + quaerere to get, seek]

acˈquirable adj

acˈquirement n

acˈquirer n

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ac•quire

(əˈkwaɪ^ər)

v.t. -quired, -quir•ing.

1. to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own.

2. to gain for oneself through one's actions or efforts: to acquire learning.

3. to gain through experience of or exposure to something: an acquired taste.

4. Ling. to achieve native or nativelike command of (a language or a linguistic rule or element).

5. to locate and track (a moving target) with a detector, as radar.

[1400–50; < Latin acquīrere to add to one's possessions, acquire]

ac•quir′a•ble, adj.

ac•quir`a•bil′i•ty, n.

ac•quir′er, n.

syn: See get.

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acquire

1. When applied to acquisition radars, the process of detecting the presence and location of a target in sufficient detail to permit identification.
2. When applied to tracking radars, the process of positioning a radar beam so that a target is in that beam to permit the effective employment of weapons. See also target acquisition.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

acquire

Past participle: acquired
Gerund: acquiring

Imperative

acquire

acquire

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	acquire - 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" get isolate - obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound" incur, obtain, receive, get, find - receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" get back, win back - recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost; "We got back the money after we threatened to sue the company"; "He got back his son from the kidnappers" press out, express, extract - obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it" capture, catch - capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today" come into, come by - obtain, especially accidentally buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store" charter, hire, rent, lease, engage, take - engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" receive, have - get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" turn - get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year" buy - acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work" find - obtain through effort or management; "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the money to send our sons to college" glom - seize upon or latch onto something; "The Republicans glommed onto Whitewater" enter upon, luck into, come upon - take possession of; "She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives" get hold, line up, find, come up - get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter" accept, take, have - receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present" obtain - come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?" recover, regain, retrieve, find - get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" catch - get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly; "Catch some sleep"; "catch one's breath" recuperate, recoup, recover - regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses" reclaim, repossess - claim back regain, find - come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!" gain, win, acquire - win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance" earn, realise, pull in, bring in, realize, gain, make, take in, clear - earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" garner, earn - acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions benefit, profit, gain - derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience" partake, partake in, share - have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake" preempt - acquire for oneself before others can do so preempt - gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land) gather up, pick up, call for, collect - gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week" inherit - obtain from someone after their death; "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents" borrow - get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?" pick up - get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home" get - acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?" poll - get the votes of
	2.	acquire - 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" take on, assume, adopt, take change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" re-assume - take on again, as after a time lapse; "He re-assumed his old behavior"
	3.	acquire - 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" develop, produce, grow, get fledge, feather - grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already" regrow - grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption; "parts of the trunk of this tree can regrow"; "some invertebrates can regrow limbs or their tail after they lost it due to an injury" spring - develop suddenly; "The tire sprang a leak" sprout, stock - put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year" tiller, stool - grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers leaf - produce leaves, of plants pod - produce pods, of plants teethe - grow teeth; cut the baby teeth; "The little one is teething now" pupate - develop into a pupa; "the insect larva pupate" work up, get up - develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite" cut - have grow through the gums; "The baby cut a tooth" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" develop, evolve, acquire - 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"
	4.	acquire - locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar situate, locate - determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property"
	5.	acquire - win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance" gain, win acquire, get - 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" cozen - cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man"
	6.	acquire - gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate" larn, learn relearn - learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it; "After the accident, he could not walk for months and had to relearn how to walk down stairs" catch up - learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened; "I'm trying to catch up with the latest developments in molecular biology" assimilate, ingest, absorb, take in - take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe" hit the books, study - learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now"
	7.	acquire - 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" develop, evolve acquire, develop, produce, grow, get - 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" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" develop - elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme; "develop the melody and change the key" formulate, explicate, develop - elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis" develop - generate gradually; "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"

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acquire

verb

1. get, win, buy, receive, land, score (slang), gain, achieve, earn, pick up, bag, secure, collect, gather, realize, obtain, attain, amass, procure, come into possession of The company acquired a 50% stake in Saab for $4m.
get lose, give up, surrender, relinquish, renounce, waive, forfeit, be deprived of, forgo

2. learn, pick up, master, grasp, attain, imbibe I've never acquired a taste for wine.

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acquire

verb

1. To come into possession of:

come by, gain, get, obtain, procure, secure, win.

Informal: land, pick up.

2. To come gradually to have:

develop, form.

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Translations

يَكْتَسِب،يُحَقِّق

získat

erhvervetilegne sig

erwerbenakquirierenerreichenverbringen

αποκτώ

akiri

adquirir

omandama

acquérirgagnerobtenir

szert tesz

afla sér

acquisireacquistareacquistoavidoentrare in possesso di

godumasgodusįgijimasįgytipirkinys

apgūtiegūt

opdoenverkrijgenverwerven

skaffetilegne seg

заводитьприобрести

kupitipridobitipriti do

elde etmek

学到获得

acquire

[əˈkwaɪəʳ] VT [+ possessions] (= get) → adquirir, obtener; (= manage to get) → conseguir; [+ habit, reputation, native language] → adquirir; [+ foreign language] → aprender; [+ territory] → tomar posesión de; [+ colour, tint] → adquirir, tomar
where did you acquire that? → ¿dónde conseguiste eso?
I seem to have acquired a strange umbrella → parece que he tomado el paraguas de otro
to acquire a name for honesty → ganarse fama de honrado
see also taste A5

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

acquire

[əˈkwaɪə^r] vt

[+ property, goods] → acquérir, faire l'acquisition de; [+ company] → acquérir

[+ skill] → acquérir

[+ habit, reputation] → acquérir

[+ reputation] → acquérir

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acquire

vt → erwerben; (by dubious means) → sich (dat) → aneignen; habit → annehmen; I see he has acquired a secretary/wife → wie ich sehe, hat er sich eine Sekretärin/Frau angeschafft (inf); he acquired a fine tan → er hat eine gute Farbe bekommen; where did you acquire that? → woher hast du das?; to acquire a taste/liking for something → Geschmack/Gefallen an etw (dat) → finden; once you’ve acquired a taste for it → wenn du erst mal auf den Geschmack gekommen bist; caviar is an acquired taste → Kaviar ist (nur) für Kenner; acquired (Psych) → erworben; acquired characteristics (Biol) → erworbene Eigenschaften pl

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acquire

[əˈkwaɪəʳ] vt (possessions, territory, knowledge) → acquisire; (language) → apprendere; (habit) → contrarre, prendere; (reputation) → farsi
to acquire a taste for → prender gusto a

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acquire

(əˈkwaiə) verb

to get. He acquired a knowledge of English. verkry يَكْتَسِب،يُحَقِّق придобивам adquirir získat erwerben erhverve; tilegne sig αποκτώadquirir omandama به دست آوردن hankkia acquérir לִרְכוֹש, לְהָשִׂיג अर्जन करना steći szert tesz vmire, elsajátít vmit mendapatkan, memperoleh afla sér acquisire, acquistare 得る ...을 습득하다 įgyti iegūt; apgūt memperoleh verwervenskaffe, tilegne segzdobywać, nabywać لاسته راوړل adquirir a dobândi приобретать získať, nadobudnúť pridobiti steći förvärva, få ได้มา elde etmek 習得，獲得 набувати; оволодівати حاصل کرنا thu được 学到，获得

acquisition (ӕkwiˈziʃən) noun

1. the act of acquiring. the acquisition of more land. verkryging إكْتِسَاب придобиване aquisição získání der Erwerb erhvervelse απόκτησηadquisición soetamine کسب hankinta acquisitionרכישה अर्जन kupovina szerzés mengambil alih öflun; vinningur acquisizione 獲得 취득 įgijimas iegūšana permerolehan verwervinganskaffelse, tilegnelsenabycie, pozyskanie كسب aquisição do­bândire; achiziţionare приобретение získanie pridobitev sticanje förvärvande, tillägnande การได้มา edinme 獲得 надбання حصول ، کمائی sự giành được 获取

2. something acquired. Her recent acquisitions included a piano. verkryging شَيء مُكْتَسَب придобивка aquisição akvizice, získaná věc die Errungenschaft anskaffelse απόκτημαadquisición soetis فراگیری hankinta acquisitionרכישה प्राप्ति kupljena stvar szerzemény perolehan fengur, kaup acquisto 取得物 취득물 pirkinys ieguvums perolehan aanwinstnyanskaffelse, tilvekst, ervervelsenabytek نيول aquisição achiziţie приобретение prírastok pridobitev nabavka förvärv สิ่งที่ได้มา kazanç 獲得物 придбання حاصل کردہ شے cái giành được 获得物

acquisitive (əˈkwizətiv) adjective

eager to get possessions. an acquisitive child. gretig مُولَع بِالأكْتِسَاب възприемчив ávido hrabivý, nenasytný habgierig havesyg; begærlig πλεονέκτης, άπληστοςcodicioso ahne حریص omistushaluinen avideרכושני अर्जनशील gramzljiv szereznivágyó ingin memiliki, serakah ágjarn avido 欲しがる 욕심이 많은 godus mantrausīgs berkeinginan hebberigkjøpelysten, begjærligzachłanny حريص ávido lacom жадный chamtivý, nenásytný grabežljiv gramziv förvärvslysten, hagalen โลภ aç gözlü, doymaz 貪得的，物慾重的 той, що здобуває; сприйнятливий حاصل کرنے کا خواہشمند có khả năng tiếp thu 渴望得到的，贪得无厌的

acˈquisitiveness noun

gretigheid وَلَع بِالأكْتِسَاب възприемчивост avidez hrabivost, zištnost die Habgier, die Gewinnsucht havesyge; begærlighed πλεονεξία, απληστίαcodicia saamahimu حرص؛ طمع omistushaluisuus instinct de possessionרכושנות अर्जनशीलता gramzljivost szereznivágyás insting memiliki ágirni avidità 利欲心 욕심 많음 godumas mantrausība keinginan hebzuchtkjøpelyst zachłanność طمع حرص avidez instinct al posesiu­nii жадность chamtivosť lakomnost gramzivost habegär ความโลภ aç gözlülük, doymazlık 貪得，渴望佔有 користолюбство ہوس ناکی ، اکتساب کا شوق khả năng tiếp thu 渴望得到

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acquire

vt. adquirir, obtener, conseguir.

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acquire

vt adquirir

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