noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a circle of acquaintances (= a group of people that someone knows )
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She has a wide circle of acquaintances.
acquaintance rape
have a circle of friends/acquaintances etc
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She was beautiful and had a wide circle of admirers.
renew a friendship/acquaintance etc (= become friendly with someone again )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
casual
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He seemed to recall some casual acquaintance saying something recently about market gardening.
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Still, Dave puts his family at great risk, yet takes smart precautions to protect a casual acquaintance .
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You may have known some one else for twenty years and yet he will never be more than a casual acquaintance .
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He will certainly have friends, neighbours, and casual acquaintances .
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The majority were introduced to injection by a casual acquaintance .
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Writers constantly have to deal with this prejudice, and it is well worth remembering this before discussing writing with casual acquaintances .
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The young woman in question, a casual acquaintance of my family in Vienna, had inflamed me with cunning caresses.
close
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In one of my close acquaintances at B.P., rationing and shortages seemed to effect an eccentric metamorphosis.
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I made no friends or even close acquaintances during my eighteen months at college.
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Keble as a young man enthusiastically planned to edit his works, though on closer acquaintance with them he renounced the project.
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On the other hand a close business acquaintance will be surprised to receive a letter from you with a very formal tone.
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Cley's closest acquaintance was Councillor Deems.
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This impression is borne out on close acquaintance , there being little variation in contour on the wide top.
mutual
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The men with the Brigade ties and their friends were running out of potential mutual acquaintances to describe.
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There was only one John of their mutual acquaintance in Brixton prison: John Hebden.
new
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They gave my new acquaintance a somewhat belligerent aspect, you may be sure!
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Because you are also likely to be valuable to your new acquaintances , friendships develop.
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Does a children's party or a loved-one's funeral inhibit the urge to chat up new acquaintances ?
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Of course my new conservative acquaintances take the opposite view, sort of.
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The tone of deference suggests that this person was a new acquaintance , and that Leapor respected her literary judgement.
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But what specific actions can we take to enhance our satisfaction while at the same time reassuring our new acquaintances ?
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I could find no one among my internationalist new acquaintances who understood what was happening in my country.
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Lucy was treating Jay like a delightful new acquaintance she couldn't quite place or fit into her life.
old
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But I could not bear to be supplanted in a view that lay next to my heart by an old acquaintance .
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An old acquaintance visiting from California once asked to borrow my Teflon skillet to demonstrate his culinary skills.
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She chats with old acquaintances who bought dope from her back in the old place.
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I didn't think you were down there renewing an old acquaintance .
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Jozef put me in contact with an old acquaintance of his, who still works for MI5.
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And to see how many of my old acquaintance are dead ... Enough of that.
personal
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My slight personal acquaintance with the subject of all this discouraging impersonal solemnity seemed slightly ridiculous.
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However, even during adulthood we are constantly learning the faces of new individuals, both personal acquaintances and media figures.
■ NOUN
business
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Usually clients and business acquaintances went through his secretary, and only the very important calls got passed through.
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I hasten to add that she was a business acquaintance , not a friend.
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We're supposed to be a couple, not business acquaintances .
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On the other hand a close business acquaintance will be surprised to receive a letter from you with a very formal tone.
rape
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Many questions have been raised about acquaintance rape since the surge of reported cases has been noted across the country.
■ VERB
make
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I made the acquaintance of a girl and we necked all the way to Indianapolis.
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I am so happy to make your acquaintance .
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Last summer I had spent a couple of weeks here and made a few acquaintances .
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Yes, you really must make the acquaintance of your great-uncle.
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Cecil made her acquaintance as he read through the pages of one of her books.
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Exalted girls hung out at back stages and at hotels, trying to make the acquaintance of new born stars.
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Elizabeth and Jane make the acquaintance of two prosperous gentlemen, the affable Mr Bingley and his cold friend, Darcy.
renew
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There will be a buffet reception afterwards - a chance to renew acquaintance with old friends.
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Instead he renewed his acquaintance with Kate Molland.
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Perhaps we shall renew our acquaintance in Barcelona tonight, where Real Madrid have their first major test under his management.
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The man from Louisiana felt it was time to renew the acquaintance .
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Johnnie Warburton renewed his acquaintance with Jack when they were designated to work alternate shifts.
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It was so nice for me to renew acquaintance once again with my old and trusted friends, Ingleborough and Company.
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I didn't think you were down there renewing an old acquaintance .
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The events are a good reason for the enthusiasts of this largely non-social past time to gather and renew acquaintances .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
have a nodding acquaintance (with sb)
have a nodding acquaintance (with sth)
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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An acquaintance of Derek's from Texas arrived earlier in the week.
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I don't want to talk about religion with business acquaintances.
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I first heard of the idea from a business acquaintance in Montpelier.
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Jane and I met through a mutual acquaintance at a party.
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She's just an acquaintance -- I see her sometimes at night school.
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She's just an acquaintance - I sometimes see her at aerobics.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A senior international referee of my acquaintance was standing nearby and confirmed my opinion.
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And for all his imagination, he was not a good judge of character on limited acquaintance .
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Another acquaintance , some one we d not heard from since our last visit, apologized for not answering our annual letters.
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But she had come pregnant, with a teaching diploma, no money and few acquaintances.
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In this kind of case, pre-existing acquaintances were invalidated.
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The events are a good reason for the enthusiasts of this largely non-social past time to gather and renew acquaintances.