Acquaintance

[ə'kweɪnt(ə)ns] or [ə'kwentəns]

Definition

(noun.) personal knowledge or information about someone or something.

(noun.) a person with whom you are acquainted; 'I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances'; 'we are friends of the family'.

(noun.) a relationship less intimate than friendship.

Typist: Montague--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him.

(n.) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.

Edited by Bessie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Familiarity, familiar knowledge.[2]. Friend (with whom one is not intimate).

Inputed by Betty

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Knowledge, intimacy, familiarity, experience, companionship

ANT:Ignorance, unfamiliarity, inexperience,{well_has_also_the_colloquial_meaning_of_a_person_with_whom_one_is_acquainted}

Typist: Nathaniel

Unserious Contents or Definition

To meet an acquaintance, and converse pleasantly with him, foretells that your business will run smoothly, and there will be but little discord in your domestic affairs. If you seem to be disputing, or engaged in loud talk, humiliations and embarrassments will whirl seethingly around you. If you feel ashamed of meeting an acquaintance, or meet him at an inopportune time, it denotes that you will be guilty of illicitly conducting yourself, and other parties will let the secret out. For a young woman to think that she has an extensive acquaintance, signifies that she will be the possessor of vast interests, and her love will be worthy the winning. If her circle of acquaintances is small, she will be unlucky in gaining social favors. After dreaming of acquaintances, you may see or hear from them.

Typist: Sol

Unserious Contents or Definition

n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure and intimate when he is rich or famous.

Editor: Yvonne

Examples

Typed by Brian

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