acquainted

[ uh-kweyn-tid ]

/ əˈkweɪn tɪd /

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adjective

having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with): to be acquainted with law.

brought into social contact; made familiar: people acquainted through mutual friends.

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Origin of acquainted

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at acquaint, -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM acquainted

ac·quaint·ed·ness, nounhalf-ac·quaint·ed, adjectivequa·si-ac·quaint·ed, adjectiveun·ac·quaint·ed, adjective

well-ac·quaint·ed, adjective

Words nearby acquainted

acpt., acquaint, acquaintance, acquaintance rape, acquaintance violence, acquainted, acquest, acquiesce, acquiescence, acquiescent, acquire

How to use acquainted in a sentence

Throughout her life, she says, she has been well acquainted with the everyday injustices of gender inequality.
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She never knew him to have firearms in the year or so they were acquainted.
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His mother and his father were well-acquainted with a life of crime.
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Once I was better acquainted, or so I thought, with the tweet as a formal exercise and what you could do with it, I dove right in.
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A less imaginative man than Aristide would have immediately acquainted the police with his discovery.
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Meadow Mouse was too well acquainted with old Mr. Crow to get himself into any such fix as that.
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The aroma is pleasant and mild, and to those but little acquainted with them, agreeable.
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By all the codes which I am acquainted with, I am a devilishly wicked specimen of the sex.
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His friend M. Pitot had lately died, but I met many French gentlemen who were acquainted with him.
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British Dictionary definitions for acquainted

acquainted

/ (əˈkweɪntɪd) /

adjective (postpositive)

(sometimes foll by with) on terms of familiarity but not intimacy

(foll by with) having knowledge or experience (of); familiar (with)

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acquainted

Origin of acquainted

OTHER WORDS FROM acquainted

Words nearby acquainted

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How to use acquainted in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for acquainted