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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acquisition \Ac`qui*si"tion\, n. [L. acquisitio, fr acquirere:
cf F. acquisition. See {Acquire}.]
1. The act or process of acquiring.
The acquisition or loss of a province. --Macaulay.
2. The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as
learning is an acquisition.
Syn: See {Acquirement}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
acquisition
n 1: the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession
of something "the acquisition of wealth"; "the
acquisition of one company by another"
2: something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum"
3: the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the
child's acquisition of language" [syn: {learning}]
4: an ability that has been acquired by training [syn: {skill},
{accomplishment}, {acquirement}, {attainment}]
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