acquires
Comes to possess
Acquires is the present-tense form of acquire, a slightly formal way of saying gets.
A company acquires assets or competitors.
A person acquires skills, knowledge, or property.
The museum acquires new works through donations and purchases.
The word can gloss over exactly how something came into possession—whether bought, earned, or obtained by other means.
Understood facts and skills
- skillsLearned competencies
- expertiseSkill from extensive practice
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- proficiencySkilled performance level
mastery · competence · understanding · education · literacy · comprehension · training · experience
State of owning
- ownershipLegal right of possession
- purchaseGoods obtained for payment
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- assetsOwned items of value
collection · holdings · merchandise · goods · inventory · stock · procurement · inheritance
knowledge
Understood facts and skills
proficiency · mastery · competence · understanding · education · literacy · comprehension · training · experience · wisdom
possession
State of owning
- ownershipLegal right of possession
- purchaseGoods obtained for payment
- propertySomething owned or inherent
assets · collection · holdings · merchandise · goods · inventory · stock · procurement · inheritance · estate
- "gets" synonymsarrives, reaches, attains, achieves, accomplishes
- takes onadopts, assumes, accepts, undertakes, shoulders
acquiresloses
Fails to retain
relinquishes · surrenders · forfeits · gives up · gives away
acquiresforfeits
Loses through violation
surrenders · relinquishes · sacrifices · concedes · yields
- acquired tasteLiking developed over time
- acquired immune deficiency syndromeHIV-caused immune failure
- hospital-acquired infectionsIllnesses contracted during treatment
- acquired traitsNon-inherited developed features
- target acquired
acquire, acquired, acquiring, acquirer, acquirers, acquirement, acquirable