Meanings
nounacquisition (countable and uncountable, plural acquisitions)
plural acquisitions · alternative misspelling aquisition
- countableuncountableThe act or process of acquiring.
The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.
Synonyms: accession, acquirement, procuration, procurement, obtainment
- countableuncountableThe thing acquired or gained; a gain.
That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition.
Synonyms: accession, acquirement
- countableuncountablecomputingThe 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act or process of acquiring.
nounThe thing acquired or gained; a gain.
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nounthe cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
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basic cognitive process
nounan ability that has been acquired by training
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Origin
- Latinacquisītiō
- Old Frenchacquisicion
- Englishacquisition
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French acquisicion, from Latin acquisītiō, from acquīrō, acquīrere; equivalent to acquire + -ition.
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Arabic اِكْتِسَاب
- اِكْتِسَاب (iktisāb)act or process of acquiring
Bulgarian придоби́ване, придоби́вка
- придоби́ване (pridobívane)act or process of acquiring
- придоби́вка (pridobívka)act or process of acquiring
Catalan adquisició, adquisició
- adquisicióact or process of acquiring
- adquisicióthing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
Chinese Mandarin 獲得 /获得, 獲得 /获得
- 獲得 /获得 (huòdé)act or process of acquiring
- 獲得 /获得 (huòdé)thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
Czech nabývaní, akvizice
- nabývaníact or process of acquiring
- akvizicething acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
Danish erhvervelse, opkøb
- erhvervelseact or process of acquiring
- opkøbact or process of acquiring
Dutch verwerving, verworvenheid
- verwervingact or process of acquiring
- verworvenheidthing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
Esperanto akiro, akiraĵo
- akiroact or process of acquiring
- akiraĵothing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
Finnish hankinta, hankkiminen
- hankintaact or process of acquiring
- hankkiminenact or process of acquiring
- yrityskauppaact or process of acquiring
- hankintathing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
French acquisition, acquisition
- acquisitionact or process of acquiring
- acquisitionthing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
German Erwerb, Aneignung
- Erwerbact or process of acquiring
- Aneignungact or process of acquiring
- Erwerbthing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
- Anschaffungthing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
Hebrew רְכִישָׁה
- רְכִישָׁה (r'khishá)act or process of acquiring
Hindi अधिग्रहण, अभिग्रहण
- अधिग्रहण (adhigrahaṇ)act or process of acquiring
- अभिग्रहण (abhigrahaṇ)act or process of acquiring
- अधिग्रहित (adhigrahit)thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
Hungarian beszerzés, megszerzés
- beszerzésact or process of acquiring
- megszerzésact or process of acquiring
- -szerzésact or process of acquiring
- megvételact or process of acquiring
- akvizícióact or process of acquiring
- szerzeménything acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
Indonesian akuisisi, pemerolehan
- akuisisiact or process of acquiring
- pemerolehanact or process of acquiring
- akuisisithing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
- pemerolehanthing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
Italian acquisizione, acquisizione
- acquisizioneact or process of acquiring
- acquisizionething acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
Japanese 獲得, 獲得
- 獲得 (kakutoku)act or process of acquiring
- 獲得 (kakutoku)thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
Korean 획득, 획득
- 획득 (hoekdeuk)act or process of acquiring
- 획득 (hoekdeuk)thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
Latin acquīsītiō, conquaestus
- acquīsītiōact or process of acquiring
- conquaestusact or process of acquiring
Malay perolehan
- perolehanact or process of acquiring
Māori rironga, tangohanga
- rirongaact or process of acquiring
- tangohangaact or process of acquiring
- muremurengaact or process of acquiring
- kaitaongathing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
Polish nabywanie, nabycie
- nabywanieact or process of acquiring
- nabycieact or process of acquiring
- akwizycjaact or process of acquiring
- nabytekthing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
Portuguese aquisição, aquisição
- aquisiçãoact or process of acquiring
- aquisiçãothing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
Romanian achiziție, achiziționare
- achizițieact or process of acquiring
- achiziționareact or process of acquiring
- achizițiething acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
Russian приобрете́ние, приобрете́ние
- приобрете́ние (priobreténije)act or process of acquiring
- приобрете́ние (priobreténije)thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain
Scottish Gaelic togail
- togailact or process of acquiring
Spanish adquisición
- adquisiciónact or process of acquiring
Swedish införskaffning, uppköp
- införskaffningact or process of acquiring
- uppköpact or process of acquiring
- förvärvact or process of acquiring
Turkish edinim
- edinimact or process of acquiring
Ukrainian придба́ння, набуття́
- придба́ння (prydbánnja)act or process of acquiring
- набуття́ (nabuttjá)act or process of acquiring
- здобуття́ (zdobuttjá)act or process of acquiring
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with acquisition
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APA
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MLA
“acquisition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acquisition. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acquisition,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acquisition.
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