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Acquire (Collocations (acquire habit, acquire HIV, acquire collection,…
Acquire
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Definition
to buy or take control of a company or part of a company, often by buying shares in it
2) learn or develop (a skill, habit, or quality).
"I've acquired a taste for whisky"
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Word origin
The word originated from late Middle English acquere, from Old French aquerre, based on Latin acquirere ‘get in addition’, from ad- ‘to’ + quaerere ‘seek’. The English spelling was modified ( c. 1600) by association with the Latin word.
Idioms
An acquired taste - something that you dislike at first, but that you start to like after you have tried it a few times
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