acquaintance
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4.0
- noun
- /əˈkwāntəns/
:
familiaridad
- Sarah and I are longtime acquaintances, and I can assure you that she retained my services long before Mr. Grimes.
- a superficial acquaintance
- an extensive acquaintance
- knowledge and acquaintance
There was a quote in your book, or there was a whole chapter dedicated to knowledge by description versus versus knowledge by acquaintance.
- There was a quote in your book, or there was a whole chapter dedicated to knowledge by description versus versus knowledge by acquaintance.
- Actually, I know this by direct acquaintance with shape and direct acquaintance with the experience of love, the qualitative aspect of feeling love.
Examples
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All of these people had made each other's acquaintance during the previous two days.
Fiction book (1992) -
If you do, please call and let me make your personal acquaintance.
Academic text (2012) -
Pleased to make your acquaintance.
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I have some clues about his brain state given my acquaintance with him in the past, so on and so forth.
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I have found an old acquaintance here who, truthfully, saved my life once.
Fiction book (1993) -
I could not pass up the opportunity to make the acquaintance of the finest novelist in England.
Fiction book (1990) -
People were encouraged to add names of friends and acquaintances who might be sympathetic to the cause.
Academic text (1997) -
Like the letters I received in August, the talks broadened my acquaintance and enriched my days.
Fiction book (1991) -
Tocqueville studied law in Paris, and during this time he made the acquaintance and friendship of another young aristocrat by the name of Gustav de Beaumont.
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I met an old acquaintance at the conference who I hadn't seen in years.
Synonyms
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2.9
Knowing something well because you have seen or used it many times
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7.6
A not very close relationship with someone you know but are not friends with
The state of knowing a subject and having experience with it
Knowledge of a subject or situation
Antonyms
Compounds
How Familiar
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Acquaintance comes from the old verb acquaint, which meant 'to make known' and is tied to the everyday idea 'know'. So, an acquaintance can mean the 'knowledge' or awareness you have of someone or something, but not deep familiarity.