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acquaintanceship

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ac·quain·tance  (-kwntns)
n.
1.
a. Knowledge of a person acquired by a relationship less intimate than friendship.
b. A relationship based on such knowledge: struck up an acquaintance with our new neighbor.
2. A person whom one knows.
3. Knowledge or information about something or someone: has a passing acquaintance with Chinese history.

ac·quaintance·ship n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.acquaintanceshipacquaintanceship - a relationship less intimate than friendship
relationship - a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
Translations
acquaintanceship [əˈkweɪntənsʃɪp] N
1. (between two people) → relaciones fpl
2. (= knowledge) → conocimiento m (with de) → familiaridad f (with con)
acquaintanceship
nBekanntschaft f(with mit)


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In the fall after the beginning of her acquaintanceship with him she married Doc- tor Reefy and in the following spring she died.
My acquaintanceship with a party to the coming contest had the effect of giving me a kind of personal interest in it; I naturally wished he might win, and it was the reverse of pleasant to learn that he probably would not, because, although he was a notable swordsman, the challenger was held to be his superior.
But the dull country town was tiresome to him, since his acquaintanceship with livelier regions, and it grew daily more and more so.
 
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