Acquisition

English

Noun

Acquisition (plural Acquisitions)

1. The act or process of acquiring.
2. The thing acquired or gained; a gain.

Adjectives for Acquisition

painful; noteworthy; desirable; permanent; eternal; arduous; exciting; superior; territorial; profitless; erudite; patient; mental; valuable; perfunctory; forcible; peaceful; cherished; long-sought.

Thesaurus

acceptance; accession; accomplishment; accomplishments; achievement; acquirement; acquiring; acquisition of knowledge; acquisitions; admission; admittance; assets; assumption; attainment; attainments; belongings; claiming; derivation; edification; education; enlightenment; finish; gain; getting; illumination; increment; instruction; learning; liberal education; means; object; obtaining; possession; possessions; procurement; property; purchase; receipt; receival; receiving; reception; sophistication; store of knowledge; taking; taking away; taking possession; theft

Synonyms

• (an act of acquiring): accession, procurement
• (a thing acquired): accession, acquirement

Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin acquisitio, from acquirere. See acquire

Translations

The act or process of acquiring

Catalan: adquisició (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 獲得 (cmn), 获得 (cmn) (huòdé) Dutch: verwerving (nl) f. Esperanto: akiro (eo) Finnish: hankinta (fi), hankkiminen (fi) French: acquisition (fr) f.

German: Erwerb (de) m., Aneignung (de) f. Hebrew: רכישה (he) (rekhisha) f. Japanese: 獲得 (ja) (かくとく, kakutoku) Korean: 획득 (ko) (hoekdeuk) (獲得 (ko)) Russian: приобретение (ru) (priobreténije) n. Scottish Gaelic: togail (gd) f. Spanish: adquisición (es) f.

The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain

Catalan: adquisició (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 獲得 (cmn), 获得 (cmn) (huòdé) Dutch: verworvenheid (nl) Esperanto: akiraĵo (eo)

Finnish: hankinta (fi) French: acquisition (fr) f. German: Erwerb (de) m. Japanese: 獲得 (ja) (かくとく, kakutoku) Russian: приобретение (ru) (priobreténije) n.

---

French

Pronunciation

• Audio

  noicon

  (file)

Noun

Acquisition f.

1. purchase (the act or process of seeking and obtaining something)