acquaintance
- acquaintance
- [[t]əkwe͟ɪntəns[/t]]
acquaintances
1)
N-COUNT: oft with
poss An
acquaintance is someone who you have met and know slightly, but not well.
He exchanged a few words with the proprietor, an old acquaintance of his...
I have a large circle of friends and acquaintances engaged in photography.
2) N-VAR: oft poss N, N with n, on N If you have an acquaintance with someone, you have met them and you know them.
...a writer who becomes involved in a real murder mystery through his acquaintance with a police officer...
On first acquaintance she is cool and slightly distant.
3)
N-UNCOUNT: usu with
supp, oft N with
n Your
acquaintance with a subject is your knowledge or experience of it. [FORMAL]
They had little or no acquaintance with Chinese philosophy or history...
4)
PHRASE: V inflects When you
make someone's
acquaintance, you meet them for the first time and get to know them a little. [FORMAL]
I first made his acquaintance and that of his wife and young family in the early 1960s...
I am so pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr Tweed.
5)
PHRASE: n PHR A person
of your
acquaintance is someone who you have met and know. [FORMAL]
...a highly cultivated woman of our acquaintance.
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Acquaintance — Ac*quaint ance, n. [OE. aqueintance, OF. acointance, fr. acointier. See {Acquaint}.] 1. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
acquaintance — [ə kwānt′ ns] n. 1. knowledge (of something) gotten from personal experience or study of it [an intimate acquaintance with the plays of Jonson] 2. the state or relation of being acquainted (with someone) 3. a person or persons whom one knows, but … English World dictionary
acquaintance — (n.) c.1300, state of being acquainted; late 14c., person with whom one is acquainted; also personal knowledge; from O.Fr. acointance acquaintance, friendship, familiarity, noun of action from acointer (see ACQUAINT (Cf. acquaint)). Acquaintant… … Etymology dictionary
acquaintance — [n1] a person known informally associate, association, colleague, companion, contact, friend, neighbor; concept 423 Ant. stranger acquaintance [n2] knowledge of something through experience awareness, cognizance, conversance, familiarity,… … New thesaurus
acquaintance — and description … Philosophy dictionary
acquaintance — index cognition, experience (background), knowledge (awareness) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
acquaintance — *friend, intimate, confidant Analogous words: *associate, companion, comrade, crony Contrasted words: *stranger, outsider … New Dictionary of Synonyms
acquaintance — ► NOUN 1) familiarity with or knowledge of someone or something. 2) a person one knows slightly … English terms dictionary
acquaintance — n. familiarity 1) to have an acquaintance with (he has some acquaintance with statistics) 2) a slight, superficial acquaintance 3) on acquaintance (on closer acquaintance he proved to be a nice person) 4) an acquaintance with casual friendship 5) … Combinatory dictionary
acquaintance — ac|quaint|ance [əˈkweıntəns] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(somebody you know)¦ 2¦(relationship)¦ 3 make somebody s acquaintance 4¦(knowledge)¦ 5 of your acquaintance 6 on first acquaintance ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(SOMEBODY YOU KNOW)¦ someone you know, but who is not a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
acquaintance — noun 1 person you know ADJECTIVE ▪ casual ▪ I ran into a casual acquaintance in town. ▪ new ▪ close, old ▪ business … Collocations dictionary
