Usage
What does acquirement mean? Acquirement is the act of getting or obtaining something, especially knowledge or skills. It can also refer to the thing acquired. When used in this way, it’s often used in the plural (acquirements). Acquirement is a noun form of the verb acquire, which most commonly means to get, buy, or learn. It is much less commonly used than another noun form of acquire: acquisition, which also means the process of acquiring something or the thing that is acquired. Acquisition can be used in a general way to refer to acquiring things (including to acquiring knowledge or skills), and it’s also often used in a specific way to refer to a company that is acquired by another company. Example: The acquirement of these skills will take focus and dedication.
Etymology
Origin of acquirement
Example Sentences
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Among the minor achievements of John Ringling is the acquirement of three Western railroads.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It is generally an adopted opinion," he noted disdainfully, "that genius for the fine arts is a particular gift and not an acquirement."
From Time Magazine Archive
As there are involved knotty questions over which the lawyers will be wrangling clear up to the Supreme Court, the acquirement of so definite a result comes near to being miraculous.
From Time Magazine Archive
That must stand or fall by its intrinsic worth, not by the circumstances associated with its acquirement.
From Beyond by Hubbard, Henry Seward
The instructor of the young, who dedicates his time to advancing the formation of right principles, and the acquirement of sound knowledge, by his pupils, is a profitable labourer.
From Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Knight, Charles
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