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# acquired

verb (past of «acquire»: acquire, acquires, acquired, acquiring); adjective (acquired)

«acquired» 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. Got or gained something, by buying, being given or working for it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquired/#m1)
2. Learned or developed a skill, habit or knowledge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquired/#m2)
3. (adjective) Gained during life, not born with (an acquired taste, an acquired illness). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquired/#m3)

### In the lessons

Formal word for «got» in exam and maths problems: «she acquired 12 more stickers» means she got 12 more — an addition. In science, «acquired» features are learned, not inherited. Phrases: «acquired a taste for», «an acquired taste», «newly acquired».

### Examples

- The museum acquired a dinosaur skeleton. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquired/#x1)
- She acquired 12 more stickers, so now she has 30. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquired/#x2)
- He acquired good reading skills at school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquired/#x3)
- Olives are an acquired taste. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquired/#x4)
- The club acquired a new minibus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquired/#x5)
- The company was acquired by a bigger firm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquired/#x6)
- The famous Hercules was one, and so was Achilles, and Philoctetes likewise, and Aesculapius, who acquired immense repute as a doctor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquired/#x7)

### Note

Formal; everyday: «got», «bought», «learned». Spelling: «acq-» with a «c» before «q». In maths: acquired usually means ADD to what someone has. «An acquired taste» = something you learn to like slowly.

## In Jewish tradition

Formal word for «got» in exam and maths problems: «she acquired 12 more stickers» means she got 12 more — an addition. In science, «acquired» features are learned, not inherited. Phrases: «acquired a taste for», «an acquired taste», «newly acquired».

### Examples

- I acquired men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem; (Writings ECC.2.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/acquired/#x1)

### Note

Formal; everyday: «got», «bought», «learned». Spelling: «acq-» with a «c» before «q». In maths: acquired usually means ADD to what someone has. «An acquired taste» = something you learn to like slowly.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «acquired» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquired/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «acquired» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/acquired/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«acquired» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/acquired.html) on Mova free.