Synonyms for acquisition
ˌæk wəˈzɪʃ ənac·qui·si·tion

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1. acquisitionnoun

   The act or process of acquiring.

   The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.

   Synonyms:
   procurement, accession

2. acquisitionnoun

   Synonyms:
   acquirement, accession

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1. acquisitionnoun

   the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something

   "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"

   Synonyms:
   acquirement, learning, attainment, accomplishment, skill

2. acquisitionnoun

   something acquired

   "a recent acquisition by the museum"

   Synonyms:
   acquirement, learning, attainment, accomplishment, skill

3. learning, acquisitionnoun

   the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

   "the child's acquisition of language"

   Synonyms:
   attainment, scholarship, eruditeness, encyclopaedism, accomplishment, learning, learnedness, erudition, acquirement, encyclopedism, skill

4. skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainmentnoun

   an ability that has been acquired by training

   Synonyms:
   science, accomplishment, learning, attainment, acquirement, skill, achievement

Matched Categories

1. • Acquiring
   • Transferred Property

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1. acquisitionnoun

   Synonyms:
   ACQUIREMENT

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1. List of paraphrases for "acquisition":

   purchase, procurement, acquisitions, purchasing, acquiring, acquire, 'acquisition, acquired, buying, takeover, purchases, buying-in, procuring, buy, catchment, purchased, securement

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How to use acquisition in a sentence?

1. Michael Clarke:

   This acquisition is highly complementary to our premiumisation strategy, not just in the United states but globally.

2. Rob Zandbergen:

   This bid offers attractive perspective for all our stakeholders, with this acquisition we will be able to accelerate our growth strategy. We will become larger and have more means to develop our organisation.

3. Larry Johnson:

   The Buk uses a radar acquisition system for targeting, these arent highly trained FAA air traffic controllers. Youre tracking something on radar, you see a dot, you get confused.

4. Chief Executive Dean Connor:

   I would expect us to continue to look for acquisition opportunities aggressively.

5. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi:

   I have always said that, in the dispute related to the land acquisition law, the government is open minded, i am willing to accept any suggestion for the benefit of farmers.