transcription, транскрипция: [ əkwaɪə(r) ]
( acquires, acquiring, acquired)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you. ( FORMAL )
General Motors acquired a 50% stake in Saab for about $400m...
I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree...
VERB : V n , V n from n
2.
If you acquire something such as a skill or a habit, you learn it, or develop it through your daily life or experience.
I’ve never acquired a taste for wine...
VERB : V n
3.
If someone or something acquires a certain reputation, they start to have that reputation.
He has acquired a reputation as this country’s premier solo violinist.
VERB : V n
4.
If you describe something as an acquired taste , you mean that a lot of people do not like it when they first experience it, but often start to like it more when they get to know it better.
Broad beans are very much an acquired taste...
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