acquérir

Meaning

  1. to acquire, to obtain
  2. to purchase
  3. to gain, to win (approval, etc.)

Concepts

acquire

gain

get

purchase

buy

obtain

achieve

catch

win

take over

attain

develop

take

secure

accomplish

evolve

learn

procure

raise

attain to

forgo

waive

larn

advance

gain ground

get ahead

make headway

pull ahead

buy out

buy up

hold

prevail

absorb

adopt

assume

embrace

buy back

William Blackstone

find

earn

marry

yield

study

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.ke.ʁiʁ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French acquerir, from Old French acquerir, aquerre, from Vulgar Latin *acquaerere, from Latin quaerere. Cf. also quérir, conquérir.

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