Acquaintance Definition
ə-kwāntəns
acquaintances
noun
acquaintances
Knowledge of a person acquired by a relationship less intimate than friendship.
American Heritage
Knowledge (of something) gotten from personal experience or study of it.
An intimate acquaintance with the plays of Jonson.
Webster's New World
A relationship based on such knowledge.
Struck up an acquaintance with our new neighbor.
American Heritage
The state or relation of being acquainted (with someone)
Webster's New World
A person whom one knows.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
idiom
make (someone's) acquaintance
- To meet someone for the first time:
I made his acquaintance at a business conference.
American Heritage
make someone's acquaintance
- to become an acquaintance of someone
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Acquaintance
Noun
Singular:
acquaintancePlural:
acquaintancesIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Acquaintance
Origin of Acquaintance
From Old French acointance. Compare French accointance.
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