acquiring

ac·quire  (-kwr)

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 moving object) with a tracking system, such as radar.

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

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ac·quira·ble adj.

ac·quirer n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

acquiring - the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving" getting human action, human activity, act, deed - something that people do or cause to happen acquisition - the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another" obtainment, obtention - the act of obtaining contracting, catching - becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic" appropriation - a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner; "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"; "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest" moving in, occupancy, occupation - the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal" capture, gaining control, seizure - the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property receipt, reception - the act of receiving pickup - the act of taking aboard passengers or freight