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acquireacquire /əˈkwaɪɚ/ ●●○ W3 AWL verb [transitive] formal ETYMOLOGYacquireOrigin: 1400-1500 Old French aquerre, from Latin acquirere, from ad- to + quaerere to look for, obtain VERB TABLEacquire |
| Present | I, you, we, they | acquire | | he, she, it | acquires | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | acquired | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have acquired | | he, she, it | has acquired | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had acquired | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will acquire | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have acquired |
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| Present | I | am acquiring | | he, she, it | is acquiring | | you, we, they | are acquiring | | Past | I, he, she, it | was acquiring | | you, we, they | were acquiring | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been acquiring | | he, she, it | has been acquiring | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been acquiring | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be acquiring | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been acquiring |
THESAURUSwith money► buya) to get something by paying money for it: We bought a house in Houston. We decided to buy instead of rent.b) if a sum of money buys something, that is what you can get with it: A dollar doesn’t buy much these days. ► purchase formal to buy something: Tickets for the performance can be purchased by phone. ► acquire formal to buy a company, land, or something expensive or rare: They want to acquire valuable works of art as cheaply as possible. ► get to buy or obtain something: I never know what to get Dad for his birthday. ► procure formal to buy or obtain something, especially something that is difficult to get. Used especially in literature or very formal writing: The organization helps workers procure insurance at cheaper rates. ► pick something up to buy something, especially food or other things you use every day: Could you pick up some milk on your way home? ► stock up to buy a lot of something, especially food, that you intend to use later: Before the blizzard, we stocked up on food. ► snap something up to buy something immediately, especially because it is very cheap: Real estate in the area is being snapped up by developers. start having something► get to start having something by finding it, asking for it, being given it, etc.: I need to get a new job. If you buy one, you get one free. ► obtain formal to get something: The statistics were obtained from the police department. ► acquire formal to get or gain knowledge, skills, qualities, etc.: The program helps adults acquire skills that lead to jobs. ► gain to get something useful or necessary: I’ve gained a lot of useful experience. ► earn to get something because you deserve it: He had earned a reputation as a peacemaker. 1to buy or obtain something, especially something that is expensive or difficult to get: AC Transit recently acquired 70 new buses. A major Hollywood studio has acquired the rights to the novel.► see thesaurus at buy12to get or gain knowledge, skills, qualities, etc.: Research helps us acquire new insight on the causes of diseases. Many inner cities have acquired reputations for violent crime.► see thesaurus at get3acquire a taste for something to begin to like something: She had acquired a taste for beer.4an acquired taste something that people only begin to like after they have tried, heard, seen, etc. it a few times, and that some people may never begin to like: For many people, opera is an acquired taste. [Origin: 1400–1500 Old French aquerre, from Latin acquirere, from ad- to + quaerere to look for, obtain] |