noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act or process of acquiring. countable, uncountable

   "The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself."

2. 2
   the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something wordnet
3. 3
   The thing acquired or gained; a gain. countable, uncountable

   "That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition."

4. 4
   an ability that has been acquired by training wordnet
5. 5
   The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer. countable, uncountable

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6. 6
   the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge wordnet
7. 7
   something acquired wordnet

Synonyms

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acquirementaccessionattainmentlearningaccessionacceptance

Antonyms

All antonyms

abandonmentdeacquisitiondeconglomerationdeperdition

Example

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"Matt is a powerful acquisition for our team."

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French acquisicion, from Latin acquisītiō, from acquirere; equivalent to acquire + -ition.

Related phrases

acquisition debtacquisition feeding timeacquisition prizeacquisition timecompulsory acquisitiondata acquisitiongear acquisition syndromesecond-language acquisitionstatistical language acquisitionthird language acquisition

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.