Definitions for acquisition

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acquisition ac·qui·si·tion

Spelling: [ak-wuh-zish-uh n]

IPA: /ˌæk wəˈzɪʃ ən/

Acquisition is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 22 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 25 points.

You can make 500 anagrams from letters in acquisition (aciiinoqstu).

Definitions for acquisition

noun

1. the act of acquiring or gaining possession:
2. something acquired; addition:
3. the purchase of one business enterprise by another:
4. Linguistics. the act or process of achieving mastery of a language or a linguistic rule or element:

Origin of acquisition

1375-1425; Middle English adquisicioun, a(c)quisicion Latin acquīsītiōn- (stem of acquīsītiō), equivalent to acquīsīt(us), past participle of acquīrere to acquire

Examples for acquisition

With the success of Frozen and the acquisition of Maker, perhaps Disney is beginning to see the Web 2.0 light.

ISIS had broadly advertised its acquisition of a broad range of U.S.-made weapons during its rampage across Iraq.

But to the acquisition of Florida too much importance can not be attached.

And what similar use or power of acquisition has justice in time of peace?

Love may have been a still stronger motive for its acquisition.

Last year, the company raised funding at a $2 billion valuation and shot down a $3 billion acquisition offer from Facebook.

Whoever pulled the trigger (so to speak) on this acquisition may have just been caught up in the moment.

The very name of Peter Pindar is an acquisition to your work.

I wish the one you espouse at present, much joy of the acquisition it has made.'

“EOTS is a poster child for one of the ills of the acquisition process,” the official said.