1 [U] the act of getting sth, especially knowledge, a skill, etc:
theories of child language acquisition
2 [C] something that sb buys to add to what they already own, usually sth valuable:
His latest acquisition is a racehorse. * The money will be spent on acquisitions for the university library.
3 [C,U] (business) a company, piece of land, etc. bought by sb, especially another company; the act of buying it:
They have made acquisitions in several EU countries. * the acquisition of shares by employees * The group has announced its first overseas acquisition: a successful software company.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is acquisition a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, acquisition is tagged as noun.
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