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- [uh-kweyn-tns]
- /əˈkweɪn tns/
- /əˈkweɪn.təns/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uh-kweyn-tns]
- /əˈkweɪn tns/
Definitions of acquaintance word
- countable noun acquaintance An acquaintance is someone who you have met and know slightly, but not well. 3
- variable noun acquaintance If you have an acquaintance with someone, you have met them and you know them. 3
- uncountable noun acquaintance Your acquaintance with a subject is your knowledge or experience of it. 3
- noun acquaintance a person with whom one has been in contact but who is not a close friend 3
- noun acquaintance knowledge of a person or thing, esp when slight 3
- noun acquaintance those persons collectively whom one knows 3
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Origin of acquaintance
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English aqueinta(u)nce, acoyntaunce < Old French acointance. See acquaint, -ance
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Parts of speech for Acquaintance
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
acquaintance popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
acquaintance usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for acquaintance
noun acquaintance
- colleague — Your colleagues are the people you work with, especially in a professional job.
- companion — A companion is someone who you spend time with or who you are travelling with.
- neighbor — a person who lives near another.
- friend — a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
- associate — If you associate someone or something with another thing, the two are connected in your mind.
Antonyms for acquaintance
noun acquaintance
- antagonist — Your antagonist is your opponent or enemy.
- detractor — The detractors of a person or thing are people who criticize that person or thing.
- opponent — a person who is on an opposing side in a game, contest, controversy, or the like; adversary.
- foe — a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy: a bitter foe.
- stranger — French L'Étranger. a novel (1942) by Albert Camus.
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