acquire
11Acquire — For the game developer, see Acquire (game developer). For other uses, see Acquisition (disambiguation). Acquire The 1999 Hasbro version of Acquire Designer(s) Sid Sackson Publisher(s) …
12acquire — 01. Personally, I ve never really [acquired] a taste for whiskey. 02. The artist [acquired] a lot of useful art supplies while shopping in the big city. 03. The [acquisition] of a number of original paintings by Vincent van Gogh was a major… …
13acquire */*/ — UK [əˈkwaɪə(r)] / US [əˈkwaɪr] verb [transitive] Word forms acquire : present tense I/you/we/they acquire he/she/it acquires present participle acquiring past tense acquired past participle acquired 1) formal to get something, for example by… …
14acquire — ac|quire [ ə kwaır ] verb transitive FORMAL ** to get something, for example by buying it or being given it: We acquired the company for 100 million dollars. newly acquired: his newly acquired BMW acquire something from someone: The business was… …
15acquire — transitive verb (acquired; acquiring) Etymology: Middle English aqueren, from Anglo French acquerre, from Latin acquirere, from ad + quaerere to seek, obtain Date: 15th century 1. to get as one s own: a. to come into possession or control …
16acquire — acquirable, adj. acquirability, n. acquirer, n. /euh kwuyeur /, v.t., acquired, acquiring. 1. to come into possession or ownership of; get as one s own: to acquire property. 2. to gain for oneself through one s actions or efforts: to acquire… …
17acquire — [[t]əkwa͟ɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ acquires, acquiring, acquired 1) VERB If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you. [FORMAL] [V n] General Motors acquired a 50% stake in Saab for about $400m... [V n from n] I… …
18acquire — ac·quire ə kwī(ə)r vt, ac·quired; ac·quir·ing to come to have as a new or additional characteristic, trait, or ability (as by sustained effort, by mutation, or through environmental forces) <a cognitive system...that is acquired in early… …
19acquire — verb Acquire is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑museum Acquire is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ability, ↑accent, ↑asset, ↑capital, ↑citizenship, ↑collection, ↑company, ↑competence, ↑confidence, ↑ …
20acquire — ac|quire W2 [əˈkwaıə US əˈkwaır] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: aquerre, from Latin acquirere, from ad to + quaerere to look for, obtain ] 1.) formal to obtain something by buying it or being given it ▪ Manning hoped to acquire… …
