acquainted
adjectiveverbcommon in dialogue
- United States//əˈkweɪntɪd//
- Australia//əˈkwæɪntəd//
Personally known; familiar.
adjective
- 1
Personally known; familiar.
Suppoſe, therefore, a Perſon to have enjoy'd his Sight for thirty Years, and to have become perfectly well acquainted with Colours of all kinds, excepting one particular Shade of Blue, for Inſtance, which it never has been his Fortune to meet with.
I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain—and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light.
verb
- 1
Also a form of acquaintsimple past and past participle of acquaint
Forms
- comparative
- more acquainted
- superlative
- most acquainted
acknowledged · Generally accepted, recognized or admitted.acoustic · Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or…acquaintance · A state of being acquainted with a person; originally…
acquainted · Personally known; familiar.
acquire · To get.acquired · Developed after birth; not congenital.acquisition · The act or process of acquiring.