acquire

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And if so, clearly they'd want to acquire that player at a good price, right?I just don't see the ethical problem here.

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Quick take

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"

Meaning at a glance

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

verb

take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"

verb

come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for acquire.

verb

come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"

verb

locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar

verb

win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"

verb

gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"

verb

gain through experience; "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting"

Example sentences

And if so, clearly they'd want to acquire that player at a good price, right?I just don't see the ethical problem here.

Maybe, over time, as it grows deeper roots, it will acquire more political power and influence?

Now they can acquire income and will no longer need money from others, then they can help the impoverished as well.

SUing something like a leveraged buyout to raise massive funds to acquire companies.

Those attackers can just acquire massive dumps of credit card numbers from major retail compromises.

That's simply not the case; you can use C++ to get good performance, but the amount of knowledge you need to acquire to do so is an entire field.

Bust Buy doesn't pull those consumer electronics out of its butt; it pays vendors to acquire those goods, marks them up, and sells them to customers.

Most e-commerce merchants have to reacquire their customers for every transaction.

The technologies and methods used to acquire a piece of intelligence were always more interesting than the intelligence itself.

By asking members to commit to come back to the site once a month, the company doesn't have to constantly pay google or other traffic sources to acquire members, and to have prices like this you have to keep costs low.

Apple and Microsoft have both proven that they will use these garbage patents offensively to drive competitors out of the market, and Google is left in the position of "acquire means of mutually assured destruction to protect ourselves with or die by horribly broken patent law".