acquaintance (redirected from make acquaintance)

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.

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ac·quaintance·ship n.

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acquaintance [əˈkweɪntəns]

n

1. a person with whom one has been in contact but who is not a close friend

2. knowledge of a person or thing, esp when slight

make the acquaintance of to come into social contact with

4. those persons collectively whom one knows

5. (Philosophy) Philosophy the relation between a knower and the object of his knowledge, as contrasted with knowledge by description (esp in the phrase knowledge by acquaintance)

acquaintanceship  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	acquaintance - personal knowledge or information about someone or something conversance, conversancy, familiarity information - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
	2.	acquaintance - a relationship less intimate than friendship acquaintanceship relationship - a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
	3.	acquaintance - a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family" friend individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" bunkmate - someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself campmate - someone who lives in the same camp you do connection - (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); "he has powerful connections" end man - a man at one end of a row of people homeboy - a male friend from your neighborhood or hometown messmate - (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship) pickup - a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships class fellow, classmate, schoolfellow, schoolmate - an acquaintance that you go to school with stranger, unknown, alien - anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found stranger - an individual that one is not acquainted with

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acquaintance

noun

1. associate, contact, ally, colleague, comrade, confrère He exchanged a few words with the man, an old acquaintance of his.
associate good friend, intimate, buddy, main man (slang, chiefly U.S.)

2. relationship, association, exchange, connection, intimacy, fellowship, familiarity, companionship, social contact, cognizance, conversance, conversancy He becomes involved in a real murder mystery through his acquaintance with a police officer.
relationship ignorance, unfamiliarity

Quotations
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot,"
"And never brought to mind?" [Robert Burns Auld Lang Syne]
"I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance" [Dr. Johnson]
"acquaintance: a person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to" [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary]

Translations

acquaintance [əˈkweɪntəns] N

1. (with person) → relación f; (with subject etc) → conocimiento m
to make sb's acquaintance → conocer a algn
I am very glad to make your acquaintance → tengo mucho gusto en conocerlo
a plumber of my acquaintance → un fontanero que conozco
I don't have the honour of her acquaintance → no tengo el honor de conocerla
it improves on acquaintance → mejora a medida que lo vas conociendo
on closer or further acquaintance it seems less attractive → al conocerlo mejor tiene menos atracción
to renew (one's) acquaintance with sb → reanudar la amistad con algn
see also nod C4

2. (= person) → conocido/a m/f
an acquaintance of mine → un conocido mío
we're just acquaintances → nos conocemos ligeramente nada más
we're old acquaintances → nos conocemos desde hace tiempo
to have a wide circle of acquaintances → conocer a muchas personas

acquaintance [əˈkweɪntəns] n

(= person) → connaissance f acquaintance rape

(= knowledge of someone or something) → connaissance f
to have little acquaintance with sth → être peu au fait de qch
to make sb's acquaintance → faire la connaissance de qn
to strike up an acquaintance with sb → lier connaissance avec qn
a person of my acquaintance → une personne de ma connaissance
acquaintance rape n viol dont l'auteur est connu de la victime

acquaintance

n

(= person) → Bekannte(r) mf; we’re just acquaintances → wir kennen uns bloß flüchtig; a wide circle of acquaintances → ein großer Bekanntenkreis

(with person) → Bekanntschaft f; (with subject etc) → Kenntnis f (→ with +gen); (intimate, with sorrow etc) → Vertrautheit f; to make somebody’s acquaintance, to make the acquaintance of somebody → jds Bekanntschaft machen; a woman of our acquaintance → eine uns bekannte Dame; I have some acquaintance with Italian wines → ich kenne mich mit italienischen Weinen einigermaßen aus; it improves on acquaintance → man kommt mit der Zeit auf den Geschmack (davon); perhaps he’ll improve on acquaintance → vielleicht gefällt er uns etc besser, wenn wir etc ihn erst einmal näher kennenlernen ? nodding

acquaintance [əˈkweɪnt/əns] n

a. (with person, subject) acquaintance (with) → conoscenza (di)
to make sb's acquaintance → fare la conoscenza di qn
it improves on acquaintance → più lo si conosce e più lo si apprezza

b. (person) → conoscente m/f, conoscenza
a business acquaintance → una conoscenza di lavoro
an acquaintance of mine → un mio conoscente