acquire
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
acquire (acquires, present participle acquiring; past and past participle acquired)
- (transitive) To get.
- (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own
- He acquired a title.
- all the riches he acquired were from hard work.
- One should acquire' as much knowledge as possible from reading.
- to acquire a skill
- to acquire decent habits and manners
- No virtue is acquired in an instant, but 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.
- (medicine) To contract.
- (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
- French: acquérir
- German: erwerben
- Italian: acquisire
- Portuguese: adquirir
- Russian: приобрета́ть
- Spanish: obtener
- French: acquérir
- German: erwerben, akquirieren
- Italian: acquisire
- Portuguese: adquirir
- Russian: овладева́ть
- Spanish: adquirir
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