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# acquisition

noun (an acquisition, acquisitions; also uncountable)

«acquisition» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Something you have got or bought, especially something new and valuable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquisition/#m1)
2. The act of getting something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquisition/#m2)
3. (business) When one company buys another. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquisition/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school: language acquisition means how children learn a language. In museums and libraries: new acquisitions are new items. In business news: one firm's acquisition of another. Phrases: language acquisition, a new acquisition, the acquisition of.

### Examples

- The museum's newest acquisition is a dinosaur skull. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquisition/#x1)
- Language acquisition happens fast in young children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquisition/#x2)
- The bike was his proudest acquisition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquisition/#x3)
- The company announced the acquisition of a smaller firm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquisition/#x4)
- The library has a list of recent acquisitions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquisition/#x5)
- The acquisition of new skills takes practice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquisition/#x6)
- Among these, the tales reported by Mrs. Balfour, with a thorough knowledge of the peasants' mind and mode of speech, are a veritable acquisition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquisition/#x7)

### Note

Verb: acquire. Spelling: acqu-, not aqu-. Formal word; everyday: buy, get. Do not confuse with "accusation" (saying someone did wrong).

## On Mova

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