acquired

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈkwaɪɹd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈkwaɪəd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)d
• Hyphenation: ac‧quired

Verb

acquired

1. simple past and past participle of acquire

Adjective

acquired (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Developed after birth; not congenital.

Derived terms

• acquired characteristic
• acquired disorder
• acquired immune deficiency syndrome
• after-acquired
• nonacquired
• overacquired
• unacquired

 

Translations

medicine: developed after birth

• Arabic: مُكْتَسَب (muktasab)
• Dutch: verworven (nl)
• Finnish: hankinnainen
• French: acquis (fr)
• Indonesian: dapatan (id), akuisita
• Korean: 후천적 (ko) (hucheonjeok)
• Polish: nabyty
• Ukrainian: набутий (nabutyj)