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📖 Определения и значения для слова acquire

📒 to gain something by your own efforts, ability or behaviour

  • She has acquired a good knowledge of English.
  • How long will it take to acquire the necessary skills?
  • I would love to apply the newly acquired skills to a job that I enjoy.

📒 to obtain something by buying or being given it

  • Not all of the land acquired for the road has been paid for yet.
  • The country has pledged not to acquire nuclear weapons.
  • Property acquired through crime will be confiscated.

📒 a thing that you do not like much at first but gradually learn to like

  • Abstract art is an acquired taste.
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