acquirement

[ uh-kwahyuhr-muhnt ]
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noun
  1. the act of acquiring, especially the gaining of knowledge or mental attributes.

  2. Often acquirements. something that is acquired, especially an acquired ability or attainment.

Origin of acquirement

1
First recorded in 1620–30; acquire + -ment

Words Nearby acquirement

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How to use acquirement in a sentence

  • At the period for which these hints are intended, the Modern Languages should form a portion of acquirement.

  • That must stand or fall by its intrinsic worth, not by the circumstances associated with its acquirement.

    Beyond | Henry Seward Hubbard
  • To obtain this evidence is worth more to any man or woman than any other purely mental acquirement can be.

    Beyond | Henry Seward Hubbard
  • There was some peculiar gift, or grace, or acquirement belonging without dispute to the one, and which the other lacked.

    The Prime Minister | Anthony Trollope
  • Another very extraordinary acquirement, and which the present writer has been witness to, is, Sword-swallowing.