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–verb (used with object), -quired, -quir·ing.

1.	to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.

2.	to gain for oneself through one's actions or efforts: to acquire learning.

3.	Linguistics. to achieve native or nativelike command of (a language or a linguistic rule or element).

4.	Military. to locate and track (a moving target) with a detector, as radar.

[Origin: 1400–50; < L acquīrere to add to one's possessions, acquire (ac- ac- + -quīrere, comb. form of quaerere to search for, obtain); r. late ME aquere < MF aquerre < L

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—Related forms

ac·quir·a·ble, adjective

ac·quir·a·bil·i·ty, noun

ac·quir·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. See get. 2. win, earn, attain; appropriate.

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ac·quire Audio Help (ə-kwīr') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. ac·quired, ac·quir·ing, ac·quires

To gain possession of: acquire 100 shares of stock.
To get by one's own efforts: acquire proficiency in math.
To gain through experience; come by: acquired a growing dislike of television sitcoms.
To locate (a moving object) with a tracking system, such as radar.

[Middle English acquere, from Old French aquerre, from Latin acquīrere, to add to : ad-, ad- + quaerere, to seek, get.]

ac·quir'a·ble adj., ac·quir'er n.

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