Acquisition
[,ækwɪ'zɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ækwɪ'zɪʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; 'the acquisition of wealth'; 'the acquisition of one company by another'.
(noun.) something acquired; 'a recent acquisition by the museum'.
Typist: Ruben--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or process of acquiring.
(n.) The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition.
Edited by Daisy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Acquirement.
Typist: Miguel
Examples
- As mere school studies, their acquisition has only a technical worth. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The acquisition of valuable and extensive property, therefore, necessarily requires the establishment of civil government. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The drill of the student involved chiefly the acquisition of the special signals employed in railway work, including the numerals and abbreviations applied to save time. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Education is not infrequently defined as consisting in the acquisition of those habits that effect an adjustment of an individual and his environment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- His calling is the acquisition of secrets and the holding possession of such power as they give him, with no sharer or opponent in it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The general drift of the common man in this period in Europe was to set up his new acquisition, the Bible, as a counter authority to the church. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If the acquisition of power in the shape of wealth caused this alteration, that power should they feel as an iron yoke. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He would be a valuable acquisition with such an assistant as Nancy, and must (thus Fagin argued) be secured without delay. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- This is indeed an acquisition. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- By that peace the power of the Emperor was reduced to a shadow, and the acquisition of Alsace brought France up to the Rhine. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Those republics encouraged the acquisition of those exercises, by bestowing little premiums and badges of distinction upon those who excelled in them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- She wore hers in state at church at Brompton, and was congratulated by her female friends upon the splendid acquisition. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- That she will faithfully apply herself to the acquisition of those accomplishments, upon the exercise of which she will be ultimately dependent. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The accumulation and acquisition of information for purposes of reproduction in recitation and examination is made too much of. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Why, Mr. Carstone, said Mrs. Badger, is very well and is, I assure you, a great acquisition to our society. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is impossible here to trace the events of the ninth and tenth centuries in any detail, the alliances, the treacheries, the claims and acquisitions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Of these pictorial acquisitions Mr Meagles spoke in the usual manner. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Bedwin, his costumes, and black man, were hailed at Gaunt House as very valuable acquisitions. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Almost insensibly the originally revolutionary teaching was buried under these customary acquisitions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Checker: Sylvia