acquisition
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wəˈzɪʃ Origin:
1375–1425; Middle English adquisicioun, a(c)quisicion < Latin acquīsītiōn- (stem of acquīsītiō), equivalent to acquīsīt(us), past participle of acquīrere to acquire + -iōn- -ion
1375–1425; Middle English adquisicioun, a(c)quisicion < Latin acquīsītiōn- (stem of acquīsītiō), equivalent to acquīsīt(us), past participle of acquīrere to acquire + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
ac·qui·si·tion·al, adjective
pre·ac·qui·si·tion, noun
pro·ac·qui·si·tion, adjective
re·ac·qui·si·tion, noun
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acquisition (ˌækwɪˈzɪʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of acquiring or gaining possession |
| 2. | something acquired |
| 3. | a person or thing of special merit added to a group |
| 4. | astronautics the process of locating a spacecraft, satellite, etc, esp by radar, in order to gather tracking and telemetric information |
| [C14: from Latin acquīsītiōn-, from acquīrere to | |
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Word Origin & History
acquisition
late 14c., "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 late 15c. The vowel change of -ae- to -i- in Latin is due to a L. phonetic rule
involving unaccented syllables in compounds.
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Medical Dictionary
acquisition ac·qui·si·tion (āk'wĭ-zĭsh'ən)
n.
The empirical demonstration in psychology of an increase in the strength of the conditioned response in successive trials in which the conditioned and unconditioned stimuli are paired.
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Example sentences
The news of the acquisition was announced from the stage Tuesday morning.
Oracle is expected to make a similar acquisition soon.
Lastly, that expansion space is now largely ensured by the Smithsonian's acquisition of a building currently under construction.
In the same time maintenance costs and even acquisition costs are reduced, since power plants are a lion's share here.
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