acquiring

Noun

Meaning

of Acquire

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

taking purchase getting collecting acquisition buying purchasing harvesting retrieval procurement receipt acquirer assimilating collimation obtainment

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Antonyms

playing starting setting performing serving offering

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Hypernyms

act deed human action human activity

Hyponyms

occupation capture reception acquisition catching seizure

Phrases with the word

acquiring a livelihood acquiring insight cost of acquiring acquiring command acquiring order acquiring guidance

Examples

You fast, but Satan does not eat. You labor fervently, but Satan never sleeps. The only dimension with which you can outperform Satan is by acquiring humility, for Satan has no humility. Moses the Black

The true aim of our Christian life consists in the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God. As for fasts, and vigils, and prayer, and almsgiving, and every good deed done for Christ's sake, they are only means of acquiring the Holy Spirit of God. Seraphim of Sarov

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons. Buckminster Fuller

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. W. Somerset Maugham

This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society. David Hume

It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical. Alan Perlis

Close letter words and terms

acquirement acquirendum acquirer acquiring a livelihood acquiring command acquiring financial institution