acquire
/əˈkwʌɪə/
US pronunciation
American sound/əˈkwʌɪə/
əˈkwʌɪə
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ə - ˈkwʌɪə -> acquire
Myanmar meaning
(v) ဆည်းပူးသည်။ ကျင့်ယူသည်။ ဘရန်ဒီကို လျှာတွေ့လာသည်။ ရယူသည်။ သိုမှီးသည်။ ရရှိသည်။
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acquire / ǝ'kwaÇǝ (r) / v (fml )
(က) ဆည်းပူးသည်။ ကျင့်ယူသည်။ acquire a good knowledge ❍ acquire a taste for brandy. ဘရန်ဒီကို လျှာတွေ့လာသည်။
(ခ) ရယူသည်။ သိုမှီးသည်။ The company has just acquired a further 5% of the shares.
(ဂ) ရရှိသည်။ let me tell you how I came to acquire this desk ❍ acquire a reputation for dishonesty.
❏ an acquired taste [IDM ] ကျင့်ယူရသော ရသာရုံ။ Abstract art is an acquired taste.
More examples
- We acquired the shares for £1.75 each.
- [newly acquired] : His newly acquired BMW
- [acquire something from someone] : The business was acquired from Orion four years ago.
- How can such a large quantity of knowledge be acquired?
- The way children acquire language
- Educational institutions that have recently acquired university status
- Any drug user who shares a needle is at risk of acquiring AIDS.
- [acquire a taste for something] : I’ve never really acquired a taste for wine.
- [acquired taste] : Decaffeinated coffee is an acquired taste.
- [acquire the habit (of doing something)] : We want people to acquire the habit of using public transport instead of their cars.
Synonyms
obtain, get, get hold of, get your hands on, gain, attain, buy, purchase, make a purchase of, come by, access, achieve, amass, annex, assimilate, bring in, catch, collect, cop, corral, develop, earn, gather, get hands on, grab, have, hustle, land, latch onto, learn, lock up, pick up, procure, promote, rack up, scare up, secure, snag, take, take possession of, take up, wangle, win
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