acquainted

[uh-kweyn-tid]

adjective

1. having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed bywith ).

   to be acquainted with law.

2. brought into social contact; made familiar.

   people acquainted through mutual friends.

acquainted

/ əˈkweɪntɪd /

adjective

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

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

Other Word Forms

• acquaintedness noun
• half-acquainted adjective
• quasi-acquainted adjective
• unacquainted adjective
• well-acquainted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of acquainted¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; acquaint + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The distance gave us time to get acquainted without the diversion of physical proximity.

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She exhibits a collection of quirks familiar to anyone vaguely acquainted with the sitcom genre.

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There would be the wobbly start as owner and club got acquainted, a few spins of the managerial merry-go-round, investment in the squad, improvement, promotion, consolidation, sale.

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But we become better acquainted with how light ripples across Johnson’s shirtless back in a tracking shot than with whatever’s going on in his character’s head.

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“I’ve now become acquainted with our legal system in ways that I didn’t know would be necessary for my job.”

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Related Words

• abreast 
• conversant 
• informed