acquisition

English

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French acquisicion, from Latin acquisītiō, from acquirere; equivalent to acquire +‎ -ition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/, IPA^(key): /ˌæk.wəˈzɪʃ.ən/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

acquisition (countable and uncountable, plural acquisitions)

1. The act or process of acquiring.

   The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.

2. The thing acquired or gained; a gain.

   That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition.

3. (computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.

Synonyms

• (an act of acquiring): accession, acquirement, procuration, procurement, obtainment
• (a thing acquired): accession, acquirement

Antonyms

• abandonment

Derived terms

• acquisitional
• acquisition debt
• acquisitioned
• acquisition feeding time
• acquisitionism
• acquisitionist
• acquisition time
• compulsory acquisition
• deacquisition
• gear acquisition syndrome
• macroacquisition
• misacquisition
• nonacquisition
• postacquisition
• preacquisition
• reacquisition
• second-language acquisition
• statistical language acquisition
• third language acquisition

 

Translations

act or process of acquiring

• Catalan: adquisició (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獲得／获得 (zh) (huòdé)

• Czech: nabývaní n
• Danish: erhvervelse c, opkøb n
• Dutch: verwerving (nl) f
• Esperanto: akiro
• Finnish: hankinta (fi), hankkiminen (fi); yrityskauppa (fi)
• French: acquisition (fr) f
• German: Erwerb (de) m, Aneignung (de) f
• Hebrew: רכישה f (rekhisha)
• Hungarian: beszerzés (hu), megszerzés (hu), -szerzés (hu), megvétel (hu), akvizíció (hu)
• Ido: aquiro (io)
• Indonesian: akuisisi (id), pemerolehan (id)
• Italian: acquisizione (it) f
• Japanese: 獲得 (ja) (かくとく, kakutoku)
• Korean: 획득(獲得) (ko) (hoekdeuk)
• Latin: acquīsītiō, conquaestus (medieval)
• Maori: rironga, tangohanga, muremurenga (due to unfair or illegal means)
• Polish: nabywanie (pl) n, nabycie (pl) n, akwizycja (pl) f (obsolete)
• Portuguese: aquisição (pt) f
• Romanian: achiziție (ro) f, achiziționare (ro) f
• Russian: приобрете́ние (ru) n (priobreténije)
• Scottish Gaelic: togail f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: стјецање

  Roman: stjecanje

• Spanish: adquisición (es) f
• Swedish: införskaffning c, uppköp n, förvärv (sv) n
• Turkish: edinim (tr)
• Ukrainian: придба́ння n (prydbánnja), набуття́ n (nabuttjá), здобуття́ n (zdobuttjá)

thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain

• Catalan: adquisició (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獲得／获得 (zh) (huòdé)

• Czech: akvizice (cs) f
• Dutch: verworvenheid (nl)
• Esperanto: akiraĵo
• Finnish: hankinta (fi)
• French: acquisition (fr) f
• German: Erwerb (de) m
• Hungarian: szerzemény (hu)
• Ido: aquirajo (io)
• Indonesian: akuisisi (id)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} aicseam m
• Italian: acquisizione (it) f
• Japanese: 獲得 (ja) (かくとく, kakutoku)
• Maori: kaitaonga
• Polish: nabytek (pl) m
• Portuguese: aquisição (pt) f
• Romanian: achiziție (ro) f
• Russian: приобрете́ние (ru) n (priobreténije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: на̀ба̄вка f, купо̀вина f

  Roman: nàbāvka (sh) f, kupòvina (sh) f

Further reading

• “acquisition”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “acquisition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French acquisicion, borrowed from Latin acquisītiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ki.zi.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

acquisition f (plural acquisitions)

1. acquisition (fact of acquiring)

   Pour les classes populaires occitanophones, la promotion sociale ne pouvait passer que par l’acquisition du français.

   For the Occitan-speaking working classes, social advancement could only be achieved by learning French.

2. acquisition (the thing obtained)
3. purchase (the act or process of seeking and obtaining something)

Related terms

• acquéreur (“purchaser”)
• acquérir (“acquire”)
• acquis (“asset”)

Further reading

• “acquisition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.