acquisition

nounattested in dialogue

Canada//ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən//
Canada//ˌæk.wəˈzɪʃ.ən//
Australia//ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən//

The act or process of acquiring.

noun

1
The act or process of acquiring.
The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.
2
The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition.
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.

Etymology

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

Forms

plural: acquisitions

acquainted · Personally known; familiar.acquire · To get.acquired · Developed after birth; not congenital.

acquisition · The act or process of acquiring.

acquitted · Having been acquitted; having gone through a trial that…acre · An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally…Acre · A port city in northern Israel, holiest city in the Baháʼí…

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