Search Result for "acquisition":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (4)
1. the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something;
- Example: "the acquisition of wealth"
- Example: "the acquisition of one company by another"
2. something acquired;
- Example: "a recent acquisition by the museum"
3. the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge;
- Example: "the child's acquisition of language"
[syn: learning, acquisition]
4. an ability that has been acquired by training;
[syn: skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Acquisition \Ac`qui*si"tion\, n. [L. acquisitio, fr. acquirere: cf. F. acquisition. See Acquire.] 1. The act or process of acquiring. [1913 Webster] The acquisition or loss of a province. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: (Business, Finance) The purchase of one commercial enterprise by another, whether for cash, or in a trade of stock of the purchasing company for that of the purchased company. Syn: buyout, takeover. [PJC] 3. The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition. [1913 Webster] Syn: See Acquirement. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "acquisition": acceptance, accession, accomplishment, accomplishments, achievement, acquirement, acquiring, acquisition of knowledge, acquisitions, admission, admittance, assets, assumption, attainment, attainments, belongings, claiming, derivation, edification, education, enlightenment, finish, gain, getting, illumination, increment, instruction, learning, liberal education, means, object, obtaining, possession, possessions, procurement, property, purchase, receipt, receival, receiving, reception, sophistication, store of knowledge, taking, taking away, taking possession, theft
