acquisition

English

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French acquisicion, from Latin acquisītiō, from acquirere; equivalent to acquire +‎ -ition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ.kwɪ.ˈzɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

acquisition (countable and uncountable, plural acquisitions)

1. The act or process of acquiring.

   The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.

2. The thing acquired or gained; a gain.

   That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition.

3. (computing) The 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.

Synonyms

• (an act of acquiring): accession, procurement
• (a thing acquired): accession, acquirement

Antonyms

• abandonment

Derived terms

• macroacquisition

Translations

act or process of acquiring

• Catalan: adquisició (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獲得／获得 (zh) (huòdé), 获得 (zh) (huòdé)

• Czech: nabývaní n
• Danish: erhvervelse c, opkøb n
• Dutch: verwerving (nl) f
• Esperanto: akiro
• Finnish: hankinta (fi), hankkiminen (fi); yrityskauppa (fi)
• French: acquisition (fr) f
• German: Erwerb (de) m, Aneignung (de) f
• Hebrew: רכישה f (rekhisha)
• Ido: aquiro (io)
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• Interlingue:
• Italian: acquisizione (it) f
• Japanese: 獲得 (ja) (かくとく, kakutoku)
• Korean: 획득 (ko) (hoekdeuk) (獲得 (ko))
• Maori: rironga, tangohanga, muremurenga (due to unfair or illegal means)
• Portuguese: aquisição (pt) f
• Romanian: achiziție (ro) f, achiziționare (ro) f
• Russian: приобрете́ние (ru) n (priobreténije)
• Scottish Gaelic: togail f
• Spanish: adquisición (es) f
• Swedish: införskafning c, uppköp n, förvärv (sv) n
• Turkish: edinim (tr)

thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain

• Catalan: adquisició (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獲得／获得 (zh) (huòdé), 获得 (zh) (huòdé)

• Czech: akvizice (cs) f
• Dutch: verworvenheid (nl)
• Esperanto: akiraĵo
• Finnish: hankinta (fi)
• French: acquisition (fr) f
• German: Erwerb (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: aquirajo (io)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} aicseam m
• Italian: acquisizione (it) f
• Japanese: 獲得 (ja) (かくとく, kakutoku)
• Maori: kaitaonga
• Portuguese: aquisição (pt) f
• Romanian: achiziție (ro) f
• Russian: приобрете́ние (ru) n (priobreténije)

Further reading

• “acquisition”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “acquisition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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French

Etymology

From Old French acquisicion, borrowed from Latin acquisītiō, acquisītiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ki.zi.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

acquisition f (plural acquisitions)

1. purchase (the act or process of seeking and obtaining something)
2. acquisition (the thing obtained)

Further reading

• “acquisition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.