acquisition

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French acquisicion, from Latin acquisītiō, from acquirere; equivalent to acquire +‎ -ition.

• IPA^(key): /ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/, IPA^(key): /ˌæk.wəˈzɪʃ.ən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

acquisition (countable and uncountable, plural acquisitions)

1. The act or process of acquiring.

   The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.

2. The thing acquired or gained; a gain.

   That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition.

3. (computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.

• (an act of acquiring): accession, acquirement, procuration, procurement, obtainment
• (a thing acquired): accession, acquirement

• abandonment

• “acquisition”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “acquisition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Inherited from Old French acquisicion, borrowed from Latin acquisītiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /a.ki.zi.sjɔ̃/

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acquisition f (plural acquisitions)

1. acquisition (fact of acquiring)

   Pour les classes populaires occitanophones, la promotion sociale ne pouvait passer que par l’acquisition du français.

   For the Occitan-speaking working classes, social advancement could only be achieved by learning French.

2. acquisition (the thing obtained)
3. purchase (the act or process of seeking and obtaining something)

• acquéreur (“purchaser”)
• acquérir (“acquire”)
• acquis (“asset”)

• “acquisition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.