to acquire

Examples

• All

• So how could you acquire the needed skills?

• So how does a person, you know, acquire those types of businesses?

• Now by doing this, they acquire purpose.

  The Royal Institution

• Will they see an opportunity and want to go acquire niche players or teams?

• I see you have acquired a new weapon.

  Dead Man (1995)

• Learning to read with comprehension requires that students acquire and integrate an increasingly complex set of skills.

  Academic text (2015)

• Word sorts are standard practice for aiding children in acquiring skills in English language arts.

  Academic text (2015)

• Students develop self-perceptions of their music abilities as they acquire knowledge and skills in the classroom.

  Academic text (2015)

• To become a successful chef, you need to acquire various cooking techniques through practice.

• Many people find it challenging to acquire a new language without consistent exposure and practice.

Synonyms

G

to get

vsto acquire

∞ 1.0

To receive something, for example by buying it or finding it

often implies a deliberate process of coming to have or develop over time

L

to learn

vsto acquire

∞ 1.0

Get knowledge and skills in a subject by study or practice

covers that learning but also applies to getting objects or qualities by effort

A

to achieve

vsto acquire

∞ 2.3

To reach a goal by effort or skill

is less about completing goals and more about coming to have or develop things

G

to gain

vsto acquire

∞ 1.4

To get something useful, often by effort, like money or skills

focuses more broadly on coming to have or develop things or skills

E

to earn

vsto acquire

947 1.0

To get respect from others because you behave well

is wider, covering both deserved results and general development or acquisition

O

to obtain

vsto acquire

619 2.6

To get something by asking or working for it

is the general action of coming to have or develop through effort

P

to procure

vsto acquire

45 6.8

To get something you need, often by trying hard or getting special help

is broader, covering ordinary effort or natural development as well

E

earned

vsto acquire

2.2

Gained by someone's own hard work or skill

is the general process of coming to have things or skills, not only deserved ones

Antonyms

L

to lose

∞ 1.0

Not be able to find something you once had

F

to forfeit

81 5.7

To lose something because you break a rule or as a penalty

How Formal

to procure

45 6.8

to secure

324 3.9

to obtain

619 2.6

to acquire

458 3.3

to get

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology