Is it possible to acquire the bestseller in the bookstore in Akita?
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Acquire
//əˈkwaɪɚ//
Synonyms for "acquire" (152 found)
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Related words (76)
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7 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
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6 entriesderived
12 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
11 entriesTranslations
139 translations across 47 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- aanleer verb (to get)
- aanleer verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
Albanian
1 entries- ngakton verb (to get)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κτάομαι verb (to get)
- κτάομαι verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
Arabic
4 entries- اِكْتَسَبَ verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
- حَصَلَ verb (to get)
- رَبِحَ verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
- كَسَبَ verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
Armenian
2 entries- ձեռք բերել verb (to get)
- ստանալ verb (to get)
Asturian
1 entries- adquirir verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- almaq verb (to get)
- qazanmaq verb (to get)
- sahib olmaq verb (to get)
- tutulmaq verb (medical: become affected by an illness)
Belarusian
2 entries- набы́ць verb (to get)
- набыва́ць verb (to get)
Bulgarian
4 entries- постигам verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
- придоби́вам verb (to get)
- придоби́я verb (to get)
- реализирам verb (to get)
Catalan
2 entries- adquirir verb (to get)
- adquirir verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پەیداکردن verb (to get)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 取得 verb (to get)
- 獲得 /获得 verb (to get)
Cornish
2 entries- akwirya verb (to get)
- akwirya verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
Czech
2 entries- získat verb (to get)
- získávat verb (to get)
Danish
4 entries- anskaffe verb (to get)
- erhverve verb (to get)
- erhverve verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
- få verb (to get)
Dutch
4 entries- opdoen verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
- verkrijgen verb (to get)
- verkrijgen verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
- verwerven verb (to get)
Esperanto
1 entries- akiri verb (to get)
Estonian
4 entries- hankima verb (to get)
- hankima verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
- omandama verb (to get)
- omandama verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
Finnish
2 entries- hankkia verb (to get)
- hankkia verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
French
2 entries- acquérir verb (to get)
- acquérir verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
Galician
3 entries- acadar verb (to get)
- adquirir verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
- obter verb (to get)
German
3 entries- akquirieren verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
- erwerben verb (to get)
- erwerben verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
Hebrew
3 entries- השיג verb (to get)
- קיבל verb (to get)
- רכש verb (to get)
Hungarian
4 entries- hozzájut verb (to get)
- megszerez verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
- szerez verb (to get)
- szerez verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
Italian
2 entries- acquisire verb (to get)
- acquisire verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
Japanese
2 entries- 得る verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
- 獲得する verb (to get)
Korean
1 entries- 획득하다 verb (to get)
Latin
4 entries- acquirō verb (to get)
- nancīscor verb (to get)
- nancīscor verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
- potior verb (to get)
Latvian
1 entries- iegūt verb (to get)
Macedonian
2 entries- придобива verb (to get)
- придобие verb (to get)
Malay
1 entries- peroleh verb (to get)
Maltese
1 entries- kiseb verb (to get)
Middle English
1 entries- acqueren verb (to get)
Māori
2 entries- kaitaonga verb (to get)
- tango verb (to get)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- oppnå verb (to get)
Persian
1 entries- به دست آوردن verb (to get)
Polish
2 entries- nabywać verb (to get)
- nabyć verb (to get)
Portuguese
2 entries- adquirir verb (to get)
- adquirir verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
Russian
4 entries- добы́ть verb (to get)
- добыва́ть verb (to get)
- доста́ть verb (to get)
- достава́ть verb (to get)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- stȅći verb (to get)
- сте̏ћи verb (to get)
Slovak
2 entries- získavať verb (to get)
- získať verb (to get)
Slovene
2 entries- pridobiti verb (to get)
- pridobivati verb (to get)
Spanish
2 entries- adquirir verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
- obtener verb (to get)
Swedish
4 entries- drabbas av verb (medical: become affected by an illness)
- få verb (to get)
- få verb (medical: become affected by an illness)
- förvärva verb (to get)
Turkish
1 entries- edinmek verb (to get)
Ukrainian
4 entries- досяга́ти verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
- досягти́ verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
- здобу́ти verb (to get)
- здобува́ти verb (to get)
Vietnamese
4 entries- giành được verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
- kiếm được verb (to get)
- thu được verb (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own)
- đạt được verb (to get)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
I managed to acquire two tickets for the concert.
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How does a child acquire that understanding?
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The most valuable skill one can acquire is the ability to think for oneself.
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