Meaning of acquaintance | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
   uncountable
2. A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
   countable
3. To meet someone for the first time: I made his acquaintance at a business conference.
4. Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).
   uncountable
5. to know or be familiar with. I'm not acquainted with her father. bekend يَعْرِف познавам conhecer znát se s kennen kende γνωρίζωconocer tundma آشنا بودن با tuntea connaître לְהַכִּיר परिचित poznavati ismer kenal þekkja, vera kunnugur conoscere 知り合っている 알고 있다 būti pažįstamam būt pazīstamam ar kenal kennenkjenne, være kjent med znać się z پيژندنه له conhecer a cu­noaşte быть знакомым с poznať sa s poznati poznavati vara bekant med คุ้นเคยกับ tanımak 認識，熟識 бути знайомим з واقف ، جاننے والا quen b...
6. Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).
   countable, uncountable
7. to get to know someone. I made her acquaintance when on holiday in France. ontmoet يَتَعَرّف عَلَى запознавам conhecer seznámit se jemanden kennenlernen lære at kende κάνω γνωριμία με κπ., γνωρίζω κπ. conocer, tener trato con (kellegagi) tutvuma با کسی آشنا شدن tutustua faire la connaissance de qqn לְהַכִּיר परिचित बनाना upoznati megismerkedik vkivel berkenalan kynnast fare la conoscenza di qualcuno 知り合いになる ...을 알게 되다 susipažinti su kuo iepazīties ar kādu berkenalan kennismakenbli kjent med, ...
8. conocimiento; trato; [person] un conocido, una conocida.
9. Knowledge of a person acquired by a relationship less intimate than friendship.
10. A person whom one knows.
11. Knowledge or information about something or someone: has a passing acquaintance with Chinese history.
12. a person with whom one has been in contact but who is not a close friend
13. knowledge of a person or thing, esp when slight
14. make the acquaintance of to come into social contact with

Equivalents

Examples

“I know of the man; but have no acquaintance with him.”

“Contract no friendſhip, or even acquaintance, with a guileful man : he reſembles a coal, which when hot burneth the hand, and when cold blacketh it.”

“Montgomery was an old acquaintance of Ferguson.”

“Having therefore conſulted with my Wife, and ſome of my Acquaintance, I determined to go again to Sea.”

“Their mother […] was busy in the mean time in keeping up her connections, as she termed a numerous acquaintance, lest her girls should want a proper introduction into the great world.”

“The words of these songs were either without meaning, or derived from an idiom with which Watt, a very fair linguist, had no acquaintance.”

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