(~s, acquiring, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you. (FORMAL)
General Motors ~d a 50% stake in Saab for about $400m...
I recently ~d some wood from a holly tree...
VERB: V n, V n from n
2.
If you ~ something such as a skill or a habit, you learn it, or develop it through your daily life or experience.
I’ve never ~d a taste for wine...
VERB: V n
3.
If someone or something ~s a certain reputation, they start to have that reputation.
He has ~d a reputation as this country’s premier solo violinist.
VERB: V n
4.
If you describe something as an ~d 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 ~d taste...
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