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ac·qui·si·tion 
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| 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. |
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n.
[Middle English adquisicioun, attainment, from Latin acquisitiō, acquisitiōn-, from acquisitus, past participle of acquīrere, to acquire; see acquire.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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| 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] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
acquisition1 [ӕkwiˈziʃən] noun
the act of acquiring
Example: the acquisition of more land
acquisition2 [ӕkwiˈziʃən] nounExample: the acquisition of more land
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something acquired
Example: Her recent acquisitions included a piano.
See also: acquire, acquisitive, "acquisition" in any languageExample: Her recent acquisitions included a piano.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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