noun
1 person you know
ADJECTIVE
▪ casual
▪
I ran into a casual ~ in town.
▪ new
▪ close , old
▪ business , childhood , mutual , personal , social
VERB + ACQUAINTANCE
▪ bump into ( esp. BrE ), meet , run into
▪ greet
▪
He greeted all his old ~s.
PHRASES
▪ friends and ~s
2 knowledge of sb/sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ nodding , passing , slight
▪
a man with whom I had a passing ~
▪ brief , short
▪ close , intimate
▪ chance
VERB + ACQUAINTANCE
▪ make sb's/sth's (= become acquainted with sb/sth)
▪
I first made his ~ in 2006.
▪ strike up
▪
I first met Simon in 1998 and struck up an ~ with him.
▪ renew
PREPOSITION
▪ of sb's ~ ( formal )
▪
He introduced me to a reporter of his ~.
▪ ~ with
▪
her ~ with modern philosophy
PHRASES
▪ have an ~ with
▪
They have little ~ with colloquial English.
▪ on close ~ , on closer ~
▪ on first ~
▪
On first ~ she seemed a little odd.