Synonyms for Acquisition
ˌæk wəˈzɪʃ ənac·qui·si·tion

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1. acquisitionnoun

   The act or process of acquiring.

   The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.

   Synonyms:
   procurement, accession

2. acquisitionnoun

   Synonyms:
   acquirement, accession

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1. acquisitionnoun

   the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something

   "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"

   Synonyms:
   acquirement, learning, attainment, accomplishment, skill

2. acquisitionnoun

   something acquired

   "a recent acquisition by the museum"

   Synonyms:
   acquirement, learning, attainment, accomplishment, skill

3. learning, acquisitionnoun

   the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

   "the child's acquisition of language"

   Synonyms:
   attainment, scholarship, eruditeness, encyclopaedism, accomplishment, acquisition, learning, learnedness, erudition, acquirement, encyclopedism, skill

4. skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainmentnoun

   an ability that has been acquired by training

   Synonyms:
   science, accomplishment, acquisition, learning, attainment, acquirement, skill, achievement

Matched Categories

1. • Acquiring
   • Transferred Property

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1. acquisitionnoun

   Synonyms:
   ACQUIREMENT

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1. List of paraphrases for "acquisition":

   purchase, procurement, acquisitions, purchasing, acquiring, acquire, 'acquisition, acquired, buying, takeover, purchases, buying-in, procuring, buy, catchment, purchased, securement

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How to use Acquisition in a sentence?

1. Ali Dibadj:

   Because companies are getting bigger with this potential acquisition, they're allowed to dream even bigger.

2. Erik Gordon:

   Hedge fund managers with great track records have stood by their conviction that Valeant is a great company despite a growing list of questions about its business model, its pricing policies, its pile of debt and the determination of potential acquisition targets to stay out of Valeant's clutches.

3. Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan:

   It's a challenge, but again, I still think we're on track to get the land we need for 450 miles, but I will say is there are lawsuits out there. So again, we've seen a lot of the judicial activism out there and land acquisition is not going to be immune from that as well.

4. Sarah Friar:

   We have millions of sellers on our platform, so our customer acquisition cost is effectively zero.

5. Chief Executive Kati Levoranta:

   The high operating profit of the quarter was driven by the low level of user acquisition and the stability of our key games, especially Angry Birds 2.