acquisition
/ˌakwɪˈzɪʃ(ə)n/
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American sound/ˌakwɪˈzɪʃ(ə)n/
ˌakwɪˈzɪʃən
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- Final -tion sounds like shun
ˌakwɪ - ˈzɪʃən -> acquisition
Myanmar meaning
(n) ရှာမှီးရရှိသောဥစ္စာ။ ရှာမှီးမှု။ တတ်မြောက်မှု။ သိုမှီးမှု။
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acquisition / ækwÇ'zÇʃn / n
၁။ [C] ရှာမှီးရရှိသောဥစ္စာ။ the library's most recent acquisitions ( ie the books it has obtained recently) ❍ His latest acquisition is a racehorse.
၂။ [U,C] ရှာမှီးမှု။ တတ်မြောက်မှု။ သိုမှီးမှု။ acquisition of antiques / knowledge / shares ❍ theories of language acquisition ❍ The company has made several acquisitions (ie has bought other companies) in several EC countries.
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gaining, attainment, achievement, getting hold of, acquirement, purchase, accomplishment, accretion, acquiring, addition, allowance, annuity, asset, award, benefit, bonus, buy, commission, dividend, donation, earnings, fortune, gain, gift, grant, income, increment, inheritance, learning, net, obtainment, possession, premium, prize, proceeds, procuration, procurement, procuring, profit, property, pursuit, received, recovery, redemption, remuneration, retrieval, return, reward, riches, salary, salvage, security, something obtained, wages, wealth, winning, winnings
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