acquire
/əˈkwaɪɚ/ verb B1- To get.
- To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own. · to acquire a skill· to acquire decent habits and manners
- To become affected by an illness.
- To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
- To begin tracking a mobile target with a particular detector or sight, generally with the implication that an attack on the target thereby becomes possible.
Plural acquire · He/she/it acquires · Past acquired · Past participle acquired · -ing form acquiring
Verb forms
- Base form
- acquire
- He/she/it
- acquires
- Past
- acquired
- Past participle
- acquired
- -ing form
- acquiring
From the library
Yet, though looked at with some curiosity and reserve by his more cultivated neighbours, he soon acquired a great popularity among the villagers, subscribing handsomely to all local objects, and attending their smoking concerts and other functions, where, having a remarkably rich tenor voice, he was always ready to oblige with an excellent song.
How did he acquire wealth?
She said we couldn’t be too careful what habits we formed and what ideals we acquired in our teens, because by the time we were twenty our characters would be developed and the foundation laid for our whole future life.
Like all other arts, the Science of Deduction and Analysis is one which can only be acquired by long and patient study nor, is life long enough to allow any mortal to attain the highest possible perfection in it.
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