query | If someone or something a_______ a certain reputation, they start to have that reputation.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. |
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word | acquire |
full-definition | verb 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 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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