acquisition

Meanings

Plural: acquisitions

Noun

• the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
  • "the acquisition of wealth"
  • "the acquisition of one company by another"
• something acquired
  • "a recent acquisition by the museum"
• the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
  • "the child's acquisition of language"
• an ability that has been acquired by training
• The act or process of acquiring.
• The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
• 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

accession, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, acquist, attainment, gain, gaining, learning, obtainment, procuration, procurement, skill

Antonyms

abandonment, deperdition, loss

Related Words

property, receive