Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definition
acquire verb
/əˈkwaɪər /
/-ˈkwaɪɚ/ v [T]
/-ˈkwaɪɚ/ v [T] to get something
He acquired the firm in 1978.
I was wearing a newly/recently acquired jacket.
I seem to have acquired (= have got although I don't know how) two copies of this book.
During this period he acquired a reputation for being a womanizer.
(Definition of acquire verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
