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acquaintance definition

ac·quaint·ance (ə kwānt′'ns)

noun

  1. knowledge (of something) gotten from personal experience or study of it an intimate acquaintance with the plays of Jonson
  2. the state or relation of being acquainted (with someone)
  3. a person or persons whom one knows, but not intimately

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acquaintance Idioms

make someone's acquaintance

to become an acquaintance of someone

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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