Acquire

/əˈkwaɪɚ/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To get..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To get.
2. (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
3. (medicine) To become affected by an illness.
4. (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
5. (Canada, US, military) To begin tracking a mobile target with a particular detector or sight, generally with the implication that an attack on the target thereby becomes possible.

Example Sentences

to acquire a skill

to acquire decent habits and manners

He acquired a title.

All the riches he acquired were from hard work.

One should acquire as much knowledge as possible from reading.

No virtue is acquired in an instant, but by degrees, step by step.

Descent is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law.

Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.

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