acquire

  • 41acquire ownership of — index buy, purchase Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 42acquire the habit — index practice (train by repetition) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 43Acquire (game developer) — Infobox Company name =ACQUIRE Corp. (株式会社アクワイア) type =Corporation genre = foundation =1994 12 06 (limited company), 1998 12 06 (stock company) founder = location city =Tokyo location country =Japan location = locations = area served = key people …

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  • 44acquire (radar) — See acquire …

    Military dictionary

  • 45acquire — 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… …

    Military dictionary

  • 46acquire — Synonyms and related words: accept, accumulate, achieve, add, admit, amass, annex, assume, bag, be responsible for, be seized of, bring down, bring in, bring on, bring upon, buy, capture, catch, catch up, claim, clap hands on, clasp, claw, clench …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 47acquire — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To obtain] Syn. take, get, earn, procure; see obtain 1 . 2. [To receive] Syn. get, gain, take possession, collect; see receive 1 . See Synonym Study at obtain . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. get, obtain, gain, procure,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 48acquire — ac·quire || É™ kwaɪə v. buy, purchase; obtain, attain …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 49acquire —    to steal    Literally, to gain possession of, as by purchase.    Whence acquisition, obtaining by stealing or subterfuge:     Lafarge was at present furthering arrangements for the acquisition of one hundred Slingshots . (Hall, 1988 he was… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 50acquire — verb come to possess (something). ↘learn or develop (a skill, quality, etc.). Phrases acquired taste a thing that one learns to like over time. Derivatives acquirable adjective acquiree noun (Finance). acquirement noun acquirer noun …

    English new terms dictionary