Acquire

Definition

acquire / ǝ'kwaÇǝ (r) / v ( fml ) (က) ဆည္းပူးသည္။ က်င့္ယူသည္။ acquire a good knowledge ❍ acquire a taste for brandy. ဘရန္ဒီကို လွ်ာေတြ႕လာသည္။ (ခ) ရယူသည္။ သိုမီွးသည္။ The company has just acquired a further 5% of the shares. (ဂ) ရရိွသည္။ let me tell you how I came to acquire this desk ❍ acquire a reputation for dishonesty. ❏ an acquired taste [ IDM ] က်င့္ယူရေသာ ရသာ႐ံု။ Abstract art is an acquired taste.

Examples

1. We acquired the shares for £1.75 each.
2. [newly acquired] : His newly acquired BMW
3. [acquire something from someone] : The business was acquired from Orion four years ago.
4. How can such a large quantity of knowledge be acquired?
5. The way children acquire language
6. Educational institutions that have recently acquired university status
7. Any drug user who shares a needle is at risk of acquiring AIDS.
8. [acquire a taste for something] : I’ve never really acquired a taste for wine.
9. [acquired taste] : Decaffeinated coffee is an acquired taste.
10. [acquire the habit (of doing something)] : We want people to acquire the habit of using public transport instead of their cars.