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acquisition
Overview of noun acquisition
The noun acquisition has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (11) acquisition -- (the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another")
2. acquisition -- (something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum")
3. learning, acquisition -- (the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language")
4. skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment -- (an ability that has been acquired by training)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun acquisition
4 senses of acquisition
Sense 1
acquisition
=> acquiring, getting
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
acquisition
=> transferred property, transferred possession
=> possession
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
learning, acquisition
=> basic cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment
=> ability, power
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun acquisition
4 senses of acquisition
Sense 1
acquisition
=> incurring
=> moneymaking
=> annexation
=> pork-barreling
=> purchase
=> acceptance
=> succession, taking over
=> assumption, laying claim
=> inheritance, heritage
=> procurement, procurance, procural
=> restitution, return, restoration, regaining
=> buyout
Sense 2
acquisition
=> accession, addition
=> purchase
=> gift
Sense 3
learning, acquisition
=> conditioning
=> developmental learning
=> digestion
=> education
=> internalization, internalisation, incorporation
=> imprinting
=> language learning
=> memorization, memorisation, committal to memory
=> study, work
=> transfer, transfer of training, carry-over
Sense 4
skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment
=> craft, craftsmanship, workmanship
=> horsemanship
=> literacy
=> marksmanship
=> mastership
=> mixology
=> numeracy
=> oarsmanship
=> salesmanship
=> seamanship
=> showmanship
=> soldiering, soldiership
=> swordsmanship
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun acquisition
4 senses of acquisition
Sense 1
acquisition
=> acquiring, getting
Sense 2
acquisition
=> transferred property, transferred possession
Sense 3
learning, acquisition
=> basic cognitive process
Sense 4
skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment
=> ability, power
Antonyms of noun acquisition
Member Holonyms of noun acquisition
Substance Holonyms of noun acquisition
Part Holonyms of noun acquisition
Member Meronyms of noun acquisition
Substance Meronyms of noun acquisition
Part Meronyms of noun acquisition
Meronyms of noun acquisition
Holonyms of noun acquisition
Attributes of noun acquisition
Derived Forms of noun acquisition
3 of 4 senses of acquisition
Sense 1
acquisition
RELATED TO>(verb) acquire#1
=> get, acquire
Sense 3
learning, acquisition
RELATED TO>(verb) acquire#6
=> learn, larn, acquire
RELATED TO>(verb) acquire#1
=> get, acquire
Sense 4
skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment
RELATED TO>(verb) acquire#6
=> learn, larn, acquire
Domain of noun acquisition
Domain Terms of noun acquisition
Familiarity of noun acquisition
acquisition used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun acquisition
4 senses of acquisition
Sense 1
acquisition
> acquiring, getting
=> acquisition
=> obtainment, obtention
=> catching, contracting
=> appropriation
=> occupation, occupancy, taking possession, moving in
=> capture, gaining control, seizure
=> reception, receipt
=> pickup
Sense 2
acquisition
> transferred property, transferred possession
=> acquisition
=> grant, assignment
=> escheat
=> stolen property
=> inheritance, heritage
=> loss
=> security, surety
Sense 3
learning, acquisition
> basic cognitive process
=> attention, attending
=> inattention
=> intuition
=> perception
=> apperception
=> believing
=> classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting
=> discrimination, secernment
=> learning, acquisition
=> memory, remembering
=> representational process
Sense 4
skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment
> ability, power
=> know-how
=> leadership
=> intelligence
=> aptitude
=> bilingualism
=> capacity, mental ability
=> creativity, creativeness, creative thinking
=> originality
=> skill, science
=> skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment
=> hand
=> superior skill
=> faculty, mental faculty, module
Meronyms of noun acquisition
4 senses of acquisition
Holonyms of noun acquisition
Grep of noun acquisition
acquisition
acquisition agreement
audio lingual acquisition
target acquisition system
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