acquire

sami

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /əˈkwaɪər/
• (UK) IPA: /əˈkwaɪə/

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• Hyphenation: ac‧quire

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) acquire

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) acquires

Past tense (ya wuce) acquired

Past participle (ya wuce) acquired

Present participle (ana cikin yi) acquiring

1. (formal) If you acquire something, you buy or get it. <> sāmū̀, siya
   • Synonyms: get and obtain
   1. Google has acquired a Picaso. <> Kamfanin Google ta siyo kamfanin Picaso.
   2. Acquire a fortune <> yā sā̀mu mahàukàtan kuɗī
   3. Words continually acquire new meanings <> kalmōmī nā̀ ta sāmùn sā̀bàbbin ma’anōnī
2. acquire a language <> tāshì dà harshḕ

Related words

• acquisition
• acquisitive