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to acquire
01
to buy or begin to have something
Transitive: to acquire sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
acquire
3rd person singular
acquires
Present participle
acquiring
Past simple
acquired
Past participle
acquired
02
to gain skills or knowledge in something
Transitive: to acquire skills or knowledge
03
to develop or adopt a specific characteristic or significance
Transitive: to acquire a quality
04
to obtain or achieve something through effort or action
Transitive: to acquire sth
05
to start following or detecting a moving target using a specific tool or system
Transitive: to acquire a moving target
Lexical Tree
acquirable
acquired
acquirement
acquire
