4 dictionary results for: acquirement
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ac·quire·ment
[uh-kwahyuh
r-muh
nt] Pronunciation Key
[uh-kwahyuh
r-muh
nt] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | the act of acquiring, esp. the gaining of knowledge or mental attributes. |
| 2. | Often, acquirements. something that is acquired, esp. an acquired ability or attainment. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| ac·quire·ment
(ə-kwīr'mənt) Pronunciation Key
n.
|
(Download Now or Buy the Book)
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| acquirement | |
noun | |
| an ability that has been acquired by training [syn: skill] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Acquirement
Ac*quire"ment\ (-ment), n. The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. "Rules for the acquirement of a taste." --Addison. His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. --Hayward. Syn: Acquisition, Acquirement. Usage: Acquirement is used in opposition to a natural gift or talent; as, eloquence, and skill in music and painting, are acquirements; genius is the gift or endowment of nature. It denotes especially personal attainments, in opposition to material or external things gained, which are more usually called acquisitions; but this distinction is not always observed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Copyright © 2008, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.











