Synonyms for acquiring

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-kwahyuh r

Phonetic Transcription : əˈkwaɪər

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Définition of acquiring

Origin : mid-15c., acqueren, from Old French aquerre "acquire, gain, earn, procure," from Vulgar Latin *acquaerere, from Latin acquirere "to seek in addition to" (see acquisition). Reborrowed in current form from Latin c.1600. Related: Acquired; acquiring.

verb obtain or receive

Example sentences :

But the perception of "how to do it" is precisely what most of us have been acquiring.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

The expectation of acquiring a competent fortune did not last long.
Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey

Gauss also devoted much of his time to acquiring the ancient and modern languages.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

About every other method of acquiring the Christian experiences there is a "perhaps."
Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond

As a preliminary to acquiring it is he to be shut out from the society of his fellows?
Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford

Should an importer miss this opportunity of acquiring most desirable cotton?
Extract from : « Bremen Cotton Exchange » by Andreas Wilhelm Cramer

It is only the mode of acquiring knowledge that is historical.
Extract from : « Introduction to the Study of History » by Charles V. Langlois

That old man and his girl sure are acquiring all kinds of misery.
Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland

This way of acquiring money is so entirely obsolete that it needs explanation.
Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt

We are not all the lucky possessors of such a capacity for acquiring knowledge.
Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan

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