acquire
To get something and make it your own.
acquire in a sentence
- Over the summer, Ben managed to acquire a huge collection of shiny conkers.
- The museum was thrilled to acquire a real dinosaur bone to add to its collection.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to acquire?
- Agive
- Bget
- Close
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B: get. The other three mean the opposite of acquire.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to acquire?
- Aobtain
- Bgain
- Close
- Dget
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C: lose. The other three mean nearly the same as acquire.
Words that mean something similar
get, gain, obtain
Words that mean the opposite
lose, give
More words about movement & action
- agile: Able to move quickly and easily.
- aimless: Having no plan or purpose.
- amble: To walk in a slow, relaxed way.
- arduous: Very difficult and tiring, needing lots of effort.
- ascend: To climb or move upwards.
- assemble: To put pieces together, or to gather in one place.
- asunder: Apart, or into pieces.
- avert: To turn away, or to stop something bad from happening.
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