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If you a______ something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
He yesterday revealed he had acquired a 2.98 per cent stake in the company.
I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree.
She was sitting in her newly-acquired wheelchair.
word acquire
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If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
He yesterday revealed he had acquired a 2.98 per cent stake in the company.
I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree.
She was sitting in her newly-acquired wheelchair.
If you acquire something such as a skill or a habit, you learn it, or develop it through your daily life or experience .
I've never acquired a taste for spicy food.
Having read the book, she will be able to pass on the acquired knowledge to trainee teachers.
If someone or something acquires a certain reputation, they start to have that reputation.
He has acquired a reputation as this country's premier solo violinist.
inflections acquiresacquiringacquired
cefr-level B2

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