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 acquiring new theories of life since I came to Maloja,” she said slowly.
From The Silent Barrier by Louis Tracy
"I am quickly acquiring a distaste for it." she said, then carried on, as she met Lloyd's eyes, "I am acquiring a distaste for the rest of Phoride!"
From Scorched Earth by Walter D. Petrovic
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 know every one in the place and feel that I am acquiring the local accent through my prolonged conversations with the natives.
From Sweetapple Cove by George Van Schaick
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
