ALL meanings of acquire
ac·quire
A a - verb acquire If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you. 3
- verb acquire If you acquire something such as a skill or a habit, you learn it, or develop it through your daily life or experience. 3
- verb acquire If someone or something acquires a certain reputation, they start to have that reputation. 3
- verb acquire to get or gain (something, such as an object, trait, or ability), esp more or less permanently 3
- verb transitive acquire to get or gain by one's own efforts or actions 3
- verb transitive acquire to come to have as one's own; get possession of 3
- transitive verb acquire obtain: sth 1
- transitive verb acquire business: another business 1
- transitive verb acquire contract: disease 1
- verb with object acquire to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property. 1
- verb with object acquire to gain for oneself through one's actions or efforts: to acquire learning. 1
- verb with object acquire Linguistics. to achieve native or nativelike command of (a language or a linguistic rule or element). 1
- verb with object acquire Military. to locate and track (a moving target) with a detector, as radar. 1
- noun acquire Buy or obtain (an object or asset) for oneself. 1
- verb acquire (Transitive Verb) To get. 0
- verb acquire (Transitive Verb) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own, as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits. 0
- verb acquire (medicine) To contract. 0
- verb acquire (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values. 0