acquiring
noun
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
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of acquiring something
I envied his talent for acquiring
Types & categories
- human action hypernym
- acquisition hyponym
- obtainment hyponym
- contracting hyponym
- appropriation hyponym
- moving in hyponym
- capture hyponym
- receipt hyponym
- pickup hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | acquire |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | get |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | get |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | human action |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | acquisition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | obtainment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | contracting |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | appropriation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | moving in |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | capture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | receipt |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pickup |