acquire
verb (used with object)
to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own.
am acquiring
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present progressiveof acquire (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am, indeed, almost bewildered with the mass of information I am acquiring.
From Penguin Persons & Peppermints by Walter Prichard Eaton
You," said I, in the new tongue which I am acquiring, "wanchee know one piecee information b'long my pidgin.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
I have had to orchestrate and write out all the music myself, and incidentally I am acquiring some interesting and practical knowledge of "the brasses."
From A "Y Girl in France Letters of Katherine Shortall by Katherine Shortall
I am acquiring a sad habit of day-dreaming, or, rather, my mind has not yet recovered its tone.
From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Sue Petigru Bowen
You see," he went on, "I am acquiring very extravagant tastes at Cambridge.
From Miss Theodora A West End Story by Helen Leah Reed
