acquaintance
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3.5
- noun
- /əˈkwāntəns/
:
conocido
- She introduced me to an acquaintance from her college days at the reunion.
- friends and acquaintances
- make new acquaintances
- a new acquaintance
We have more relationships, acquaintances, lightweight friends, strangers.
- We have more relationships, acquaintances, lightweight friends, strangers.
- So try this out with your friends and acquaintances if you like.
- No, this is this is more acquaintances, people you know, that I run into.
- Knew him, you know, maybe not friends, but acquaintances anyway.
- And then, you know, I then I really, Bobby was just an acquaintance for years.
- So I, and I didn't want to start making contact with old acquaintances because that's too obvious.
- We went to the same church, still have mutual, mutual acquaintances, friends.
- I know acquaintances who are like deep in a catfishing situation.
- But I had to, like, say that so that we could become acquaintances.
- Know that our acquaintances, not really friends, but acquaintances that have voted for Trump, are exactly like that list.
- A month, a month, but I've known an individual for a year, more of an acquaintance level.
Examples
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I made Mustafa's acquaintance the night I stopped in at the T Bar.
Academic text (2015) -
Saul Bellow once wrote about an acquaintance of his.
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I should make his acquaintance if I were you.
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I wish I had time to make your acquaintance, my dear.
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An acquaintance of mine introduced me to it, so...
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I am so pleased to make your acquaintance.
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Not old, old friend, but a recent acquaintance, Walter Isaacson.
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Annabelle had never made the acquaintance of this cousin, but not for the want of trying.
Fiction book (1990) -
Brad had spoken of Walt as a friendly acquaintance rather than an intimate friend.
Fiction book (1992) -
Cairo was an acquaintance of Thursby's.
Synonyms
3
3.9
A person you know only a little and who is not a close friend
2
7.6
A not very close relationship with someone you know but are not friends with
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7.4
A person you know only a little and greet with a nod
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Morphology
Etymology
Acquaintance comes from the old verb acquaint, which meant 'to make known' or 'get to know'. That's why an acquaintance can mean a person you know but who is not a close friend.