skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment
(noun) an ability that has been acquired by training
Source: WordNet® 3.1
acquirement (countable and uncountable, plural acquirements)
(now, rare, chiefly, in plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment. [from 17th c.]
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition. [from 17th c.]
• (act of acquiring, or that which is acquired): acquisition
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*quire"ment, n.
Definition: The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. "Rules for the acquirement of a taste." Addison. His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward.
Syn.
– Acquisition, Acquirement. Acquirement is used in opposition to a natural gift or talent; as, eloquence, and skill in music and painting, are acquirements; genius is the gift or endowment of nature. It denotes especially personal attainments, in opposition to material or external things gained, which are more usually called acquisitions; but this distinction is not always observed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 September 2024
(adjective) capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
