[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/acquainted/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) / acquainted # acquainted adjective (acquainted — usually after a verb: be acquainted, get acquainted); also the past form of the verb acquaint (acquaint, acquaints, acquainted, acquainting) «acquainted» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. If you are acquainted with someone, you know them a little, because you have met them, but they are not a close friend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#m1) 2. If you are acquainted with something, such as a book, a rule or a place, you know about it because you have read it, seen it or used it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#m2) 3. (formal) To get acquainted means to meet and start to know each other. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#m3) ### In the lessons It tells the reader how well people know each other: «acquainted» is less than friends. In formal writing and old stories people are «acquainted» or «introduced». At school: «Get acquainted with the rules before the test.» Phrases: be acquainted with, get acquainted, become acquainted, well acquainted with, acquaint yourself with. ### Examples - Are you two acquainted, or shall I introduce you? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#x1) - I am acquainted with her brother, but I don't know her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#x2) - The new pupils spent the first day getting acquainted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#x3) - Please get acquainted with the fire drill before Monday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#x4) - Grandad is well acquainted with every path in these woods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#x5) - We were only slightly acquainted, so I was surprised she remembered my name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#x6) - Mr Bennet was acquainted with half the families in the village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#x7) - Before the experiment, acquaint yourself with the safety rules. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#x8) - The old woman was evidently well acquainted with Wednesday's ways. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#x9) ### Note Always followed by «with»: acquainted with someone or something, not «acquainted to». Spelling: acq- (a, c, q): acquainted. Being acquainted is weaker than being friends. The noun is acquaintance: a person you know a little. «Get acquainted» is a bit formal; in everyday speech people say «get to know each other». ## In Jewish tradition Interpretation: In Isaiah 53 the "man acquainted with disease" is read by many Jewish commentators as the people Israel, suffering among the nations, and not as one person. In the primary lessons: It tells the reader how well people know each other: «acquainted» is less than friends. In formal writing and old stories people are «acquainted» or «introduced». At school: «Get acquainted with the rules before the test.» Phrases: be acquainted with, get acquainted, become acquainted, well acquainted with, acquaint yourself with. ### Examples - Thou measurest my going about and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. (Writings PSA.139.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/acquainted/#x1) - He was despised, and forsaken of men, a man of pains, and acquainted with disease, and as one from whom men hide their face: he was despised, and we esteemed him not. (Prophets ISA.53.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/acquainted/#x2) ### Note Always followed by «with»: acquainted with someone or something, not «acquainted to». Spelling: acq- (a, c, q): acquainted. Being acquainted is weaker than being friends. The noun is acquaintance: a person you know a little. «Get acquainted» is a bit formal; in everyday speech people say «get to know each other». ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «acquainted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«acquainted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/acquainted.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «acquainted» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/acquainted/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«acquainted» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/acquainted.html) on Mova free.