The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.
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Acquired
//əˈkwaɪɹd//
Synonyms for "acquired" (10 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (3)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (5)
Adjective(3 words)
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Synonyms
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8 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
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1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
14 translations across 11 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُكْتَسَب adj (medicine: developed after birth)
Dutch
1 entries- verworven adj (medicine: developed after birth)
Finnish
1 entries- hankinnainen adj (medicine: developed after birth)
French
1 entries- acquis adj (medicine: developed after birth)
German
1 entries- erworben adj (medicine: developed after birth)
Indonesian
2 entries- akuisita adj (medicine: developed after birth)
- dapatan adj (medicine: developed after birth)
Korean
1 entries- 후천적 adj (medicine: developed after birth)
Persian
3 entries- الفخته adj (medicine: developed after birth)
- بهدستآمده adj (medicine: developed after birth)
- توخته adj (medicine: developed after birth)
Polish
1 entries- nabyty adj (medicine: developed after birth)
Spanish
1 entries- adquirido adj (medicine: developed after birth)
Ukrainian
1 entries- набутий adj (medicine: developed after birth)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
That which is easily acquired is easily lost.
Source: tatoeba (20954)
Once a habit has been acquired, it almost has compulsive power over us.
Source: tatoeba (27457)
A bad habit is easily acquired.
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