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ac·qui·si·tion

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–noun

1.	the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.

2.	something acquired; addition: a recent acquisition to the museum.

3.	Linguistics. the act or process of achieving mastery of a language or a linguistic rule or element: child language acquisition; second language acquisition.

[Origin: 1375–1425; ME adquisicioun, a(c)quisicion < L acquīsītiōn- (s. of acquīsītiō), equiv. to acquīsīt(us), ptp. of acquīrere to acquire + -iōn- -ion

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ac·qui·si·tion·al, adjective

ac·quis·i·tor

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ac·qui·si·tion Audio Help (āk'wĭ-zĭsh'ən) Pronunciation Key
n.

The act of acquiring.
Something acquired or gained: added two new acquisitions to my library.

[Middle English adquisicioun, attainment, from Latin acquisitiō, acquisitiōn-, from acquisitus, past participle of acquīrere, to acquire; see acquire.]

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acquisition

1387, "act of obtaining," from L. acquisitionem, from stem of acquirere "get in addition," from ad- "extra" + quærere "to seek to obtain" (see query). Meaning "thing obtained" is from 1477. Acquisitive "given to making acquisitions" is from 1846.

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acquisition
noun
1.	the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"
2.	something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum"
3.	the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language" [syn: learning]
4.	an ability that has been acquired by training [syn: skill]

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acquisition1 [ӕkwiˈziʃən] noun

the act of acquiring
Example: the acquisition of more land

Arabic:	إكْتِسَاب
Chinese (Simplified):	获取
Chinese (Traditional):	獲取
Czech:	získání
Danish:	erhvervelse
Dutch:	verwerving
Estonian:	soetamine
Finnish:	hankinta
French:	acquisition
German:	der Erwerb
Greek:	απόκτηση
Hungarian:	szerzés
Icelandic:	öflun; vinningur
Indonesian:	mengambil alih
Italian:	acquisizione

Japanese:	獲得
Korean:	획득
Latvian:	iegūšana
Lithuanian:	įgijimas
Norwegian:	anskaffelse, tilegnelse
Polish:	nabycie, pozyskanie
Portuguese (Brazil):	aquisição
Portuguese (Portugal):	aquisição
Russian:	приобретение
Slovak:	získanie
Slovenian:	pridobitev
Spanish:	adquisición
Swedish:	förvärvande, tillägnande
Turkish:	edinme

acquisition2 [ӕkwiˈziʃən] noun

something acquired
Example: Her recent acquisitions included a piano.

Arabic:	شَيء مُكْتَسَب
Chinese (Simplified):	获得物
Chinese (Traditional):	獲得物
Czech:	akvizice, získaná věc
Danish:	anskaffelse
Dutch:	aanwinst
Estonian:	soetis
Finnish:	hankinta
French:	acquisition
German:	die Errungenschaft
Greek:	απόκτημα
Hungarian:	szerzemény
Icelandic:	fengur, kaup
Indonesian:	perolehan
Italian:	acquisto

Japanese:	取得物
Korean:	취득물
Latvian:	ieguvums
Lithuanian:	pirkinys
Norwegian:	nyanskaffelse, tilvekst, ervervelse
Polish:	nabytek
Portuguese (Brazil):	aquisição
Portuguese (Portugal):	aquisição
Romanian:	achiziţie
Russian:	приобретение
Slovak:	prírastok
Slovenian:	pridobitev
Spanish:	adquisición
Swedish:	förvärv
Turkish:	kazanç

See also: acquire, acquisitive

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Acquisition

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.

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