acquire
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
She got a lot of paintings from her uncle
Types & categories
- isolate hyponym
- get back hyponym
- press out hyponym
- capture hyponym
- come into hyponym
- purchase hyponym
- rent hyponym
- receive hyponym
- turn hyponym
- buy hyponym
- find hyponym
- glom hyponym
- enter upon hyponym
- get hold hyponym
- accept hyponym
- obtain hyponym
- recover hyponym
- catch hyponym
- recuperate hyponym
- reclaim hyponym
- regain hyponym
- gain hyponym
- realise hyponym
- garner hyponym
- benefit hyponym
- partake hyponym
- preempt hyponym
- preempt hyponym
- gather up hyponym
- inherit hyponym
- borrow hyponym
- pick up hyponym
- get hyponym
- poll hyponym
Related & opposite
- acquiring derivation
- acquisition derivation
- learning derivation
- merchant bank derivation
- acquirer derivation
- acquirer derivation
- acquirer derivation
- acquisitive derivation
- acquirable derivation
- receive verb group
Sense 2 verb
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
His voice took on a sad tone
Types & categories
Sense 3 verb
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
He grew a beard
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar
Types & categories
- situate hypernym
Sense 5 verb
win something through one's efforts
I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
gain knowledge or skills
She learned dancing from her sister
Types & categories
- relearn hyponym
- catch up hyponym
- assimilate hyponym
- hit the books hyponym
Related & opposite
- skill derivation
- learning derivation
- apprentice derivation
- learner derivation
Sense 7 verb
gain through experience
I acquired a strong aversion to television
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- organic evolution derivation
- acquire verb group
- develop verb group
- formulate verb group
- develop verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | acquiring |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | acquisition |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | learning |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | merchant bank |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | acquirer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | acquirer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | acquirer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | acquisitive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | acquirable |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | receive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | isolate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | get back |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | press out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | capture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | come into |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | purchase |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | receive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | turn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | buy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | find |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | glom |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | enter upon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | get hold |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | accept |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | obtain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | recover |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | catch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | recuperate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reclaim |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | regain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | realise |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | garner |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | benefit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | partake |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | preempt |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | preempt |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gather up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | inherit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | borrow |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pick up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | get |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | poll |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | re-assume |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | acquiring |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | growth |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | develop |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fledge |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | regrow |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spring |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sprout |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tiller |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | leaf |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pod |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | teethe |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pupate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | work up |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | situate |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | lose |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | winning |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | achiever |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | gainer |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | winner |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | winnings |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | get |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cozen |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | skill |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | learning |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprentice |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | learner |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | relearn |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | catch up |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | assimilate |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | hit the books |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | organic evolution |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | acquire |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | develop |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | formulate |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | develop |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |