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acquisition
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As a noun, acquisition means the act or process of acquiring.
Meanings of acquisition
6 meaningsnoun
The act or process of acquiring.
“The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.”
The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
“That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition.”
computingThe 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.
The act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
“the acquisition of wealth”
“the acquisition of one company by another”
The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
“the child's acquisition of language”
Similar: learningAn ability that has been acquired by training
Similar: skill, accomplishment, acquirement, attainment
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).