acquaint
verb (used with object)
to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed bywith ).
is acquainting
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present progressiveof acquaint (3rd 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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For these five days, though, they invited select minor leaguers and veterans to an early camp, where a revamped player development staff is acquainting itself with the farm system.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2022
Adkins is acquainting his team with a new 4-3-3 formation in case the side's more familiar 4-4-2 does not trouble teams of the quality of today's opponents, Manchester City.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2012
Perhaps it was this dogged resolve which deterred him from doing something which he had thought of doing; that is, acquainting the authorities at Aumale with his plight and letting them wire on to Dieppe.
From Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer by R. Emmett (Robert Emmett) Owen
