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acquaintance
ac·quain·tance A0061800 (ə-kwān′təns)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.Idiom: make (someone's) acquaintance To meet someone for the first time: I made his acquaintance at a business conference.
ac·quain′tance·ship′ n.acquaintance (əˈkweɪntəns) n1. a person with whom one has been in contact but who is not a close friend2. knowledge of a person or thing, esp when slight3. make the acquaintance of to come into social contact with4. those persons collectively whom one knows5. (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) acˈquaintanceˌship nac•quaint•ance (əˈkweɪn tns)
n. 1. a person known to one, but usu. not a close friend. 2. the state of being acquainted. 3. personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc. 4. (used with a pl. v.) the persons with whom one is acquainted. Also, ac•quaint′ance•ship` (for defs. 2,3).[1250–1300; Middle English < Old French]syn: acquaintance, associate, companion, friend refer to a person with whom one is in contact. An acquaintance is a person one knows, though not intimately: a casual acquaintance at school. An associate is a person who is often in one's company, usu. because of some work or pursuit in common: a business associate. A companion is a person who shares one's activities or fortunes; the term usu. suggests a familiar relationship: a traveling companion; a companion in despair. A friend is a person with whom one is on intimate terms and for whom one feels a warm affection: a trusted friend.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  acquaintance - personal knowledge or information about someone or somethingconversance, conversancy, familiarityinformation - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction | | 2. |  acquaintance - a relationship less intimate than friendshipacquaintanceshiprelationship - 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"friendindividual, 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 yourselfcampmate - someone who lives in the same camp you doconnection - (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 peoplehomeboy - a male friend from your neighborhood or hometownmessmate - (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 relationshipsclass fellow, classmate, schoolfellow, schoolmate - an acquaintance that you go to school withstranger, unknown, alien - anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are foundstranger - an individual that one is not acquainted with |
acquaintancenoun1. 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, unfamiliarityQuotations
"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]acquaintancenoun1. A person whom one knows casually:friend.2. Personal knowledge derived from participation or observation:experience, familiarity.Translationsacquaint (əˈkweint) verb1. to make (usually oneself) familiar (with). You must acquaint yourself with the routine of the office. 讓(通常是自己)熟悉 使熟悉2. to inform (a person) of. Have you acquainted her with your plans? 通知 通知acquaintance noun1. a person whom one knows slightly. 相識(但不熟)的人，泛泛之交 相识的人，泛泛之交 2. (with with) knowledge. My acquaintance with the works of Shakespeare is slight. 瞭解，認識 了解be acquainted with to know or be familiar with. I'm not acquainted with her father. 認識，熟識 认识make someone's acquaintance to get to know someone. I made her acquaintance when on holiday in France. 結識某人 结识某人acquaintance
have a nodding acquaintance (with someone or something)To have a slight or precursory knowledge of someone or something. Jim asked me to help fix his computer for him, but I'm afraid I only have a nodding acquaintance with how his machine works. Ruth and I had only a nodding acquaintance before going to the party, but once we got talking, it was like we'd been friends our whole lives.See also: acquaintance, have, nod, someonedelighted to make your acquaintanceI'm very happy to meet you. After hearing so many good things about you, I'm delighted to make your acquaintance, Stu. A: "You must be Jenny. It's so nice to meet you." B: "Delighted to make your acquaintance."See also: acquaintance, delighted, makemake (someone's) acquaintanceTo meet someone for the first time. After hearing so many good things about you, I'm delighted to make your acquaintance. I heard that she's a very influential producer, so I'm very eager to make her acquaintance.See also: acquaintance, makescrape acquaintance with (someone)old-fashioned To attempt to meet or befriend someone, especially because they may prove useful to one's needs, ambitions, or desires. He is constantly contriving ways to get into these parties so he can scrape acquaintance with someone from the film industry. It's been interesting to watch the people who tried to scrape acquaintance with her as her political career was on the rise just as quickly dissociate themselves from her in the midst of all this scandal.See also: acquaintance, scrapea nodding acquaintance with (someone or something)A very limited knowledge of or familiarity with a given person or thing. I'll help you as best I can, but I only have a nodding acquaintance with property laws. I have a nodding acquaintance with him, but I wouldn't feel comfortable asking him to help me on this project.See also: acquaintance, noda nodding acquaintanceA very limited knowledge of or familiarity with a given person or thing. I'll help you as best I can, but I only have a nodding acquaintance with property laws. I have a nodding acquaintance with him, but I wouldn't feel comfortable asking him to help me on this project.See also: acquaintance, noda passing acquaintance with (someone or something)A very limited knowledge of or familiarity with a given person or thing. I'll help you as best I can, but I only have a passing acquaintance with property laws. I have a passing acquaintance with him, but I wouldn't feel comfortable asking him to help me on this project.See also: acquaintance, passingscrape up an acquaintance with (someone)old-fashioned To attempt to meet or befriend someone, especially because they may prove useful to one's needs, ambitions, or desires. He is constantly contriving ways to get into these parties so he can scrape up an acquaintance with someone from the film industry. It's been interesting to watch the people who tried to scrape up an acquaintance with her as her political career was on the rise just as quickly dissociate themselves from her in the midst of all this scandal.See also: acquaintance, scrape, up(I'm) delighted to make your acquaintance.Fig. I am very glad to meet you. Tom: My name is Tom. I work in the advertising department. Mary: I'm Mary. I work in accounting. Delighted to make your acquaintance. Tom: Yeah. Good to meet you. Fred: Sue, this is Bob. He'll be working with us on the Wilson project. Sue: I'm delighted to make your acquaintance, Bob. Bob: My pleasure.See also: acquaintance, delighted, makenodding acquaintanceSuperficial knowledge of someone or something, as in I have a nodding acquaintance with the company president, or She has a nodding acquaintance with that software program. This expression alludes to knowing someone just well enough to nod or bow upon meeting him or her. "Early 1800s] See also: acquaintance, nodscrape up an acquaintanceMake an effort to become familiar with someone, especially for one's own benefit. For example, He scraped up an acquaintance with the college president in hopes of getting his son admitted . This term uses scrape in the sense of "gather with difficulty" (also see under scare up). Originally put as scrape acquaintance, it was first recorded in 1600. See also: acquaintance, scrape, upa passing acquaintance with someone If you have a passing acquaintance with someone, you know them slightly. To those with only a passing acquaintance he is charming and engaging. Note: You can also say that you have a nodding acquaintance with someone. And of course, he can now claim — after his first summit as head of government — more than a nodding acquaintance with his fellow leaders. Note: You can call a person a passing acquaintance or a nodding acquaintance if you know them slightly. He was no more than a passing acquaintance of Wright.See also: acquaintance, passing, someonea passing acquaintance with something If you have a passing acquaintance with something, you only know a little about it. These days a theatre-goer needs more than a passing acquaintance with science. Note: You can also say that you have a nodding acquaintance with something. We chatted for a little about poetry, with which he showed considerably more than a nodding acquaintance.See also: acquaintance, passing, somethinghave a nodding acquaintance with someone or something know someone slightly; know a little about something. 1989 Donnie Radcliffe Simply Barbara Bush Their families had lived less than ten miles apart as they were growing up, and their fathers almost certainly had a nodding acquaintance on the golf course. See also: acquaintance, have, nod, someone, somethingscrape acquaintance with contrive to get to know. dated 1992 Atlantic I thought how lucky the Crimms were to have scraped acquaintance with me, for I seldom reveal my identity to ordinary people on my jaunts around the world. See also: acquaintance, scrapemake somebody’s acquaintance, make the acquaintance of somebody (formal) meet somebody for the first time: I am delighted to make your acquaintance, Mrs Baker. ♢ I made the acquaintance of several musicians at that time.See also: acquaintance, makehave a nodding acˈquaintance with somebody/something know somebody slightly/know a little about something: I have a nodding acquaintance with some members of the committee. ♢ You need at least a nodding acquaintance with the rules of chess to understand the book.See also: acquaintance, have, nod, somebody, somethingscrape (up) an acˈquaintance with somebody (informal) try to become friends with somebody because they might be useful to youSee also: acquaintance, scrape, somebody make (someone's) acquaintance To meet someone for the first time: I made his acquaintance at a business conference.See also: acquaintance, makenodding acquaintance, aSuperficial knowledge. An early nineteenth-century term, it conjures up the era when the formal bow was a normal greeting. Thomas Hughes used it in Tom Brown at Oxford (1861): “Many with whom he had scarcely a nodding acquaintance.”See also: nodacquaintance
acquaintance 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) acquaintance
Synonyms for acquaintancenoun associateSynonyms- associate
- contact
- ally
- colleague
- comrade
- confrère
Antonyms- good friend
- intimate
- buddy
- main man
noun relationshipSynonyms- relationship
- association
- exchange
- connection
- intimacy
- fellowship
- familiarity
- companionship
- social contact
- cognizance
- conversance
- conversancy
AntonymsSynonyms for acquaintancenoun a person whom one knows casuallySynonymsnoun personal knowledge derived from participation or observationSynonymsSynonyms for acquaintancenoun personal knowledge or information about someone or somethingSynonyms- conversance
- conversancy
- familiarity
Related Wordsnoun a relationship less intimate than friendshipSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a person with whom you are acquaintedSynonymsRelated Words- individual
- mortal
- person
- somebody
- someone
- soul
- bunkmate
- campmate
- connection
- end man
- homeboy
- messmate
- pickup
- class fellow
- classmate
- schoolfellow
- schoolmate
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