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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"
   - learning
    
4. An ability that has been acquired by training
   - skill, accomplishment, acquirement, attainment

Derived forms: acquisitions

See also: acquire

Type of: ability, acquiring, basic cognitive process, getting, power, transferred possession, transferred property

Encyclopedia: Acquisition