Definitions for acquires

acquires ac·quire

Spelling: [uh-kwahyuh r]
IPA: /əˈkwaɪər/

Acquires is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 297 anagrams from letters in acquires (aceiqrsu).

Definitions for acquires

verb (used with object)

  1. to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own:
  2. to gain for oneself through one's actions or efforts:
  3. Linguistics. to achieve native or nativelike command of (a language or a linguistic rule or element).
  4. Military. to locate and track (a moving target) with a detector, as radar.

Origin of acquires

1400-50; Latin acquīrere to add to one's possessions, acquire (ac- ac- + -quīrere, combining form of quaerere to search for, obtain); replacing late Middle English aque

Examples for acquires

Wes acquires a hat, ring, heart stones, flowers, his baby blanket, a cloth angel, photographs.

In Babylonia, moreover, it acquires the force of vassal-king.

And there is no question that once he acquires it, history shifts immediately.

Bodhi tree, the tree under which Buddha acquires enlightenment.

In this it is worked for half an hour, when it acquires a deep blue color.

That imbalance will continue even if and when Iran acquires nuclear capability.

Facebook, in effect, already is selling the businesses it acquires to others.

Mix this gradually into half a pound of rice flour, and then stir it over a gentle fire till it acquires the thickness of jelly.

Since the under-40s are less white than the over-65s, this battle between generations also acquires an unmistakable racial cast.

Yet the jest, like the proverb, acquires a value by becoming current.

Word Value for acquires
Scrable

19

Words with friends

21

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