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English
Etymology
From Middle English acqueren, from Old French aquerre, from Latin acquirō; ad- + quaerō (“to seek for”). See quest.
Pronunciation
Verb
acquire (third-person singular simple present acquires, present participle acquiring, simple past and past participle acquired)
- (transitive) To get.
- (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own
He acquired a title.
all the riches he acquired were from hard work.
One should acquire as much knowledge as possible from reading.
to acquire a skill
to acquire decent habits and manners
a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). The Consideration of our Latter End”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. , volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A J Valpy, , published 1830–1831, →OCLC:No virtue is acquired in an instant, but by degrees, step by step.
1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC: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.
1922, Michael Arlen, “3/19/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days: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.
- (medicine) To become affected by an illness.
- Synonyms: contract, catch, get
- (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
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to get
- Arabic: حَصَلَ (ḥaṣala)
- Armenian: ձեռք բերել (hy) (jeṙkʿ berel), ստանալ (hy) (stanal)
- Azerbaijani: əldə etmək (az), sahib olmaq, qazanmaq (az) (e.g. friends), almaq (az) (e.g. knowledge)
- Belarusian: набыва́ць impf (nabyvácʹ), набы́ць pf (nabýcʹ)
- Bulgarian: придоби́вам (bg) impf (pridobívam), придоби́я pf (pridobíja)
- Catalan: adquirir (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 獲得/获得 (zh) (huòdé), 取得 (zh) (qǔdé)
- Cornish: akwirya
- Czech: získávat (cs) impf, získat (cs) pf
- Danish: anskaffe, erhverve, opkøbe, skaffe, få (da)
- Dutch: verwerven (nl), verkrijgen (nl)
- Esperanto: akiri (eo)
- Estonian: omandama, hankima
- Finnish: hankkia (fi)
- French: acquérir (fr)
- Galician: obter (gl), acadar (gl)
- German: erwerben (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: κτάομαι (ktáomai)
- Guaraní: jogua
- Hebrew: רכש (he) m (rakhásh), קיבל (he) m (kibél), השיג (he) m (hisíg)
- Hungarian: szerez (hu), hozzájut (hu)
- Italian: acquisire (it)
- Japanese: 獲得する (ja) (kakutoku suru)
- Khmer: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: 획득하다 (ko) (hoekdeukhada)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: پەیداکردن (peydakirdin)
- Latin: potior, acquirō (la), nancīscor
- Latvian: iegūt
- Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: придобива impf (pridobiva), придобие pf (pridobie)
- Malay: peroleh
- Maltese: kiseb
- Maori: kaitaonga, tango
- Middle English: acqueren
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian Bokmål: oppnå (no)
- Persian: به دست آوردن (be dast âvardan)
- Polish: nabywać (pl) impf, nabyć (pl) pf
- Portuguese: adquirir (pt)
- Russian: приобрета́ть (ru) impf (priobretátʹ), приобрести́ (ru) pf (priobrestí), добыва́ть (ru) impf (dobyvátʹ), добы́ть (ru) pf (dobýtʹ), достава́ть (ru) impf (dostavátʹ), доста́ть (ru) pf (dostátʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: сте̏ћи pf
- Roman: stȅći pf
- Slovak: získavať impf, získať pf
- Slovene: pridobivati impf, pridobiti pf
- Spanish: obtener (es)
- Swedish: införskaffa (sv), förvärva (sv), uppköpa, skaffa (sv), få (sv)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: edinmek (tr)
- Ukrainian: здобува́ти (uk) impf (zdobuváty), здобу́ти (uk) pf (zdobúty), отри́мувати impf (otrýmuvaty), отри́мати pf (otrýmaty)
- Vietnamese: đạt được, kiếm được
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to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own
- Arabic: اِكْتَسَبَ (iktasaba), كَسَبَ (kasaba), رَبِحَ (ar) (rabiḥa)
- Asturian: adquirir
- Bulgarian: постигам (bg) (postigam), спечелвам (bg) (spečelvam)
- Catalan: adquirir (ca)
- Cornish: akwirya
- Danish: erhverve
- Dutch: verwerven (nl), verkrijgen (nl), opdoen (nl)
- Estonian: omandama, hankima
- Finnish: hankkia (fi)
- French: acquérir (fr)
- Galician: adquirir (gl)
- German: erwerben (de), akquirieren (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: κτάομαι (ktáomai)
- Hungarian: szerez (hu), megszerez (hu)
- Italian: acquisire (it)
- Japanese: 得る (ja) (eru)
- Latin: nancīscor, teneo (la), potior
- Portuguese: adquirir (pt)
- Russian: овладева́ть (ru) impf (ovladevátʹ), овладе́ть (ru) pf (ovladétʹ), постига́ть (ru) impf (postigátʹ), пости́чь (ru) pf (postíčʹ), пости́гнуть (ru) pf (postígnutʹ)
- Spanish: adquirir (es)
- Swedish: förvärva (sv)
- Ukrainian: оволодіва́ти impf (ovolodiváty), оволоді́ти pf (ovolodíty), досяга́ти impf (dosjaháty), досягти́ pf (dosjahtý), набува́ти (uk) impf (nabuváty), набу́ти (uk) (nabúty)
- Vietnamese: thu được, đạt được, giành được
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medical: become affected by an illness
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Latin
Verb
acquīre
- second-person singular present active imperative of acquīrō