ACQUISITION

acquisition

(noun) the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; “the acquisition of wealth”; “the acquisition of one company by another”

skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment

(noun) an ability that has been acquired by training

learning, acquisition

(noun) the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; “the child’s acquisition of language”

acquisition

(noun) something acquired; “a recent acquisition by the museum”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

acquisition (countable and uncountable, plural acquisitions)

The act or process of acquiring.

The thing acquired or gained; a gain.

(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.

Synonyms

• (an act of acquiring): accession, procurement

• (a thing acquired): accession, acquirement

Antonyms

• abandonment

Source: Wiktionary

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Ac`qui*si"tion, n. Etym: [L. acquisitio, fr. acquirere: cf. F. acquisition. See Acquire.]

1. The act or process of acquiring. The acquisition or loss of a province. Macaulay.

2. The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition.

Syn.

– See Acquirement.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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