Acquire

Verb

 * 1) To get; to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own, as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

Adverbs for Acquire
righteously; readily; patiently; instinctively; innocently; painfully; unjustly; gloriously; sensibly; ultimately; brutally; systematically; dictatorially; vigorously; ruthlessly; villainously; cruelly; treacherously; barbarously; legally; scientifically.

Synonyms for Acquire

 * attain, earn, gain, obtain, procure, secure, win
 * reach, achieve, collect, inherit, master.

Antonyms for Acquire
lose, fail, forfeit.

Thesaurus
accept; accumulate; achieve; add; admit; amass; annex; assume; bag; be responsible for; be seized of; bring down; bring in; bring on; bring upon; buy; capture; catch; catch up; claim; clap hands on; clasp; claw; clench; clinch; clutch; collect; come by; come in for; come into; contract; corral; cumulate; derive; derive from; drag down; drain off; draw; draw down; draw from; draw off; earn; embrace; enter into possession; fall in with; fall into; gain; garner; get; get hold of; glom on to; grab; grab hold of; grapple; grasp; grip; gripe; harvest; have; have coming in; hug; incur; invite; knock down; land; lay hands on; lay hold of; loot; make; nail; net; nip; nip up; obtain; palm; partake; pick up; pillage; pocket; possess; procure; pull down; purchase; reach; reap; receive; run; sack; score; secure; seize; snap up; snatch; steal; take; take by assault; take by storm; take hold of; take in; take on; take over; take possession; welcome; whip up; win

Etymology
From adquaerere; ad + quaero:. In Old English this verb was aqueren, which comes from the same Latin verb, through Old French aquerre. See quest.

Derived terms

 * acquired taste

Translations

 * Bulgarian: придобивам
 * Catalan: adquirir
 * Croatian: steći
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * French: acquérir
 * German:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 獲得する (kakutoku suru)
 * Kurdish:
 * Spanish: obtener
 * Swedish: införskaffa
 * Vietnamese: đạt được


 * Bulgarian: постигам, спечелвам
 * Catalan: adquirir
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Estonian:


 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 得る (eru)
 * Spanish: adquirir
 * Vietnamese: thu được, đạt được


 * : acquérir