acquisition
NOUN · English
Experimental / limited support
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The corpus records 3 senses of acquisition. Each sense below has its own Add to list, so you choose the one you mean.
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Experimental coverage — measured below Partial on the number of recorded words, definitions, translations, word forms and pronunciation. Treat entries as evidence to check; meanings may be incomplete.
English is Experimental in Words. Support is measured, not declared: a language reaches Partial only when every measure meets its threshold, and a measure that has not been taken does not count. The development corpus holds 60 source-backed words in English. What is shown may be incomplete, and pronunciation audio, generated forms and generated examples are not offered.
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Definition: The act or process of acquiring. From a source of medium confidence.
countable · uncountable
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- The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
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Definition: The thing acquired or gained; a gain. From a source of medium confidence.
countable · uncountable
No translation has been attempted for this sense.
- That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
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Definition: The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer. From a source of medium confidence.
countable · uncountable
No translation has been attempted for this sense.
No example is recorded for this sense.
No paradigm has been compiled for this word yet.
Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French acquisicion, from Latin acquisītiō, from acquīrō, acquīrere; equivalent to acquire + -ition. From a source of medium confidence.
No related word is recorded for this word.