Used in a Sentence

acquaintances

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for acquaintances.

Editorial note

That Toronto guy bothered that woman and her acquaintances for months and months and made ongoing personal comments.

Examples13
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of acquaintances gathered in one view.

noun

Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).

noun

(countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.

noun

(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for acquaintances.

noun

Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).

noun

(countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.

noun

(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.

Example sentences

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That Toronto guy bothered that woman and her acquaintances for months and months and made ongoing personal comments.

2

The bald-faced entitlement that has spouted from the mouths of non-techy friends and acquaintances has embarrassed me.

3

If you don't have someone like this, start by making acquaintances at a local club or meetup.

4

At which point some of the illiquid wealth of some of your acquaintances will unlock.

5

Anecdotal evidence (such as French acquaintances buying glasses from Australian online retailers) seem to point at a reversal in the situation.

6

The financial outcomes of my friends & acquaintances have largely followed their facility with technology.

7

You cannot recognize a man who is said to do this by his acquaintances.

8

Because a personal phone number is often not common knowledge outside of one's friends and acquaintances, third parties sometimes give it unreasonable importance.

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I was talking personal acquaintances in the post, not the people generally lionized by the hacker community.

10

I have polled friends, family and acquaintances: the overwhelming response is that we don't feel safe.

11

There was another regular there and eventually, after a few weeks, the two of them started up into friendly conversation and became good acquaintances.

12

The day Google+ was released, I was besieged with invite requests from friends and acquaintances.

Proper noun examples

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Other groupings can be created and customized, like Friends, Coworkers, Acquaintances, etc.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use acquaintances in a sentence?

That Toronto guy bothered that woman and her acquaintances for months and months and made ongoing personal comments.

What does acquaintances mean?

Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).

What part of speech is acquaintances?

acquaintances is commonly used as noun.