Meaning of acquire | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To get.
   transitive
2. to get. He acquired a knowledge of English. verkry يَكْتَسِب،يُحَقِّق придобивам adquirir získat erwerben erhverve; tilegne sig αποκτώadquirir omandama به دست آوردن hankkia acquérir לִרְכוֹש, לְהָשִׂיג अर्जन करना steći szert tesz vmire, elsajátít vmit mendapatkan, memperoleh afla sér acquisire, acquistare 得る ...을 습득하다 įgyti iegūt; apgūt memperoleh verwervenskaffe, tilegne segzdobywać, nabywać لاسته راوړل adquirir a dobândi приобретать získať, nadobudnúť pridobiti steći förvärva, få ได้มา elde...
3. To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
   transitive
4. eager to get possessions. an acquisitive child. gretig مُولَع بِالأكْتِسَاب възприемчив ávido hrabivý, nenasytný habgierig havesyg; begærlig πλεονέκτης, άπληστοςcodicioso ahne حریص omistushaluinen avideרכושני अर्जनशील gramzljiv szereznivágyó ingin memiliki, serakah ágjarn avido 欲しがる 욕심이 많은 godus mantrausīgs berkeinginan hebberigkjøpelysten, begjærligzachłanny حريص ávido lacom жадный chamtivý, nenásytný grabežljiv gramziv förvärvslysten, hagalen โลภ aç gözlü, doymaz 貪得的，物慾重的 той, що здобуває; ...
5. To become affected by an illness.
6. gretigheid وَلَع بِالأكْتِسَاب възприемчивост avidez hrabivost, zištnost die Habgier, die Gewinnsucht havesyge; begærlighed πλεονεξία, απληστίαcodicia saamahimu حرص؛ طمع omistushaluisuus instinct de possessionרכושנות अर्जनशीलता gramzljivost szereznivágyás insting memiliki ágirni avidità 利欲心 욕심 많음 godumas mantrausība keinginan hebzuchtkjøpelyst zachłanność طمع حرص avidez instinct al posesiu­nii жадность chamtivosť lakomnost gramzivost habegär ความโลภ aç gözlülük, doymazlık 貪得，渴望佔有 користолюбст...
7. To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
8. vt. adquirir, obtener, conseguir.
9. To begin tracking a mobile target with a particular detector or sight, generally with the implication that an attack on the target thereby becomes possible.
   Canada, US
10. To gain possession of: acquire 100 shares of stock.
11. To get by one's own efforts: acquire proficiency in math.
12. To gain through experience; come by: acquired a growing dislike of television sitcoms.
13. To locate (a target) with an aiming device or a tracking system, such as radar.
14. (tr) to get or gain (something, such as an object, trait, or ability), esp more or less permanently
    tr
15. to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own.

Equivalents

Examples

“to acquire a skill”

“to acquire decent habits and manners”

“He acquired a title.”

“All the riches he acquired were from hard work.”

“One should acquire as much knowledge as possible from reading.”

“No virtue is acquired in an instant, but by degrees, step by step.”

“Descent is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law.”

“Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.”

“In the process of basification, the top layer of the crust becomes basic, while the lower becomes ultrabasic acquiring the density of the mantle or an even greater density”

“If you're black you've had to improvise communication with unilingual whites, she'd probably easily acquire this ancient one, too.”

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