acquire
To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
Example
“He acquired a title.”
Other meanings
To become affected by an illness.
To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
Related words
- acquihire
- acquirability
- acquirable
- acquiree
- acquirer
- acquiry
- preacquire
- reacquire
- unacquire
- acquired taste
- after-acquired title
- pre-acquired
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "acquirō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “acquire” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.