Acquiring can be categorized as a verb and a noun.
Verb |
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| acquire - win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance" | ||
| acquire - locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar | ||
| acquire - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" | ||
| acquire - come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" | ||
| acquire - gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate" | ||
| acquire - gain through experience; "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting" | ||
| acquire - take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables" | ||
Noun |
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| acquiring - the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving" |
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| 1. | noun | I envied his talent for acquiring. | |
| 2. | noun | The most valuable skill one can acquire is the ability to think for oneself. | |
| 3. | noun | Ido is a language which one can easily, quickly and pleasantly acquire. | |
| 4. | verb | Maybe if you formulate your questions a little more specifically it will help you in acquiring the answers. | |
| 5. | verb | Also, revenues for the shippers acquiring released volumes from PGE at rates above TW's tariff rates were adjusted accordingly. | |
| 6. | verb | I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your assistance in acquiring oil funds that are presently trapped in the republic of Iraq. | |
| 7. | verb | My family is calling for your urgent assistance in funding the removal of the President of the Republic of Iraq and acquiring the petroleum assets of his country, as compensation for the costs of removing him from power. | |
| 8. | verb | The millionaire insisted on acquiring the masterpiece no matter how much it cost. | |
| 9. | verb | He was charged with acquiring criminal property. | |
| 10. | verb | The most laudable way of acquiring books is by writing them yourself. | |
| 11. | verb | The pleasure of possessing is not in my estimation worth the trouble of acquiring. | |
| 12. | verb | So-called "foreign" words, i.e. those which the majority of languages have taken from one source, are used in Esperanto without modification, acquiring only Esperanto spelling; but when faced with a number of words derived from one root, it is better to leave only the fundamental word unmodified and from this create the derivatives according to the rules of Esperanto. | |
| 13. | verb | I do not object to your learning English for the sake of acquiring knowledge or for the sake of earning your livelihood but I object to your giving so much importance to English and giving a low place to your national language, Hindi. I do not think it is right on your part to use in your conversation with your friends and relatives any other language than your national language or your mother tongue. Have love for your own language. | |
| 14. | verb | We are acquiring a bit of elephant ivory in that market of Saigon. | |
| 15. | verb | Tom has a facility for acquiring foreign languages. | |
| 16. | verb | Say, at the moment I'm considering acquiring a used bike of 150 or 250 cc for more or less a hundred thousand Japanese yen. | |
| 17. | verb | I am not interested in acquiring wealth. | |
| 18. | verb | Every Muslim is responsible for acquiring the information that they need to make them a better Muslim. |
| Sentence | |
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| noun | |
| I envied his talent for acquiring. |
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| The most valuable skill one can acquire is the ability to think for oneself. | |
| Ido is a language which one can easily, quickly and pleasantly acquire. | |
| verb | |
| Maybe if you formulate your questions a little more specifically it will help you in acquiring the answers. |
|
| Also, revenues for the shippers acquiring released volumes from PGE at rates above TW's tariff rates were adjusted accordingly. |
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| I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your assistance in acquiring oil funds that are presently trapped in the republic of Iraq. |
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| My family is calling for your urgent assistance in funding the removal of the President of the Republic of Iraq and acquiring the petroleum assets of his country, as compensation for the costs of removing him from power. |
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| The millionaire insisted on acquiring the masterpiece no matter how much it cost. | |
| He was charged with acquiring criminal property. | |
| The most laudable way of acquiring books is by writing them yourself. | |
| The pleasure of possessing is not in my estimation worth the trouble of acquiring. | |
| So-called "foreign" words, i.e. those which the majority of languages have taken from one source, are used in Esperanto without modification, acquiring only Esperanto spelling; but when faced with a number of words derived from one root, it is better to leave only the fundamental word unmodified and from this create the derivatives according to the rules of Esperanto. | |
| I do not object to your learning English for the sake of acquiring knowledge or for the sake of earning your livelihood but I object to your giving so much importance to English and giving a low place to your national language, Hindi. I do not think it is right on your part to use in your conversation with your friends and relatives any other language than your national language or your mother tongue. Have love for your own language. | |
| We are acquiring a bit of elephant ivory in that market of Saigon. | |
| Tom has a facility for acquiring foreign languages. | |
| Say, at the moment I'm considering acquiring a used bike of 150 or 250 cc for more or less a hundred thousand Japanese yen. | |
| I am not interested in acquiring wealth. | |
| Every Muslim is responsible for acquiring the information that they need to make them a better Muslim. | |