English Explanatory Dictionary

acquisition

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act or process of acquiring.
  2. The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
  3. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/ /ˌæk.wəˈzɪʃ.ən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-acquisition.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-acquisition.wav

Word forms

acquisition acquisitions

Etymology

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

Synonyms

acquisition acquist attainment gain gaining increase accession acquirement procuration procurement obtainment

Antonyms

abandonment deperdition loss

Related words

receive property

Derived words

acquisitional acquisition debt acquisitioned acquisition feeding time acquisitionism acquisitionist acquisition prize acquisition time compulsory acquisition data acquisition deacquisition gear acquisition syndrome macroacquisition misacquisition nonacquisition postacquisition preacquisition reacquisition second-language acquisition statistical language acquisition third language acquisition
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