acquisition
nounAU, UK /ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/ · CA, US /ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/
Etymology From Middle English, borrowed from Old French acquisicion, from Latin acquisītiō, from acquīrō, acquīrere; equivalent to acquire + -ition.
1
The act or process of acquiring.
- The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.
2
The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
- That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition.
3
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
- Synonyms
- accession, acquirement, procuration, procurement, obtainment, acquisition, acquist, attainment, gain, gaining, increase
- Antonyms
- abandonment, deperdition, loss
- Derived terms
- acquisitional, acquisition debt, acquisitioned, acquisition feeding time, acquisitionism, acquisitionist, acquisition prize, acquisition time, compulsory acquisition, data acquisition, deacquisition, gear acquisition syndrome, macroacquisition, misacquisition, nonacquisition, postacquisition, preacquisition, reacquisition, second-language acquisition, statistical language acquisition, third language acquisition
- Hypernyms
- adjunct
- Hyponyms
- earnings, gift, inheritance, purchase, profit, winnings, regain, reacquisition