7 Letters
3 Consonants
4 Vowels
2 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use acquire as a verb in a sentence.
About Acquire
A 2 syllables verb and 7 letters with the letters a, c, e, i, q, r, and u, 3 consonants, 4 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter u. Acquire starts with and ends with a vowel with the starting letters a, ac, acq, acqu, acqui, and the ending characters are e, re, ire, uire, quire, ..
Definition
Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains";
Origin/Roots
Middle English
School Grade
Acquire is set as a sat word that starts with a, ends with e, 2 syllables, 4 vowels and 7 letters.
Scrabble
Is acquire a scrabble word? A 18 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Acquire in Pig Latin is said as "acquireay or acquireway".
Unigram
a | c | q | u | i | r | e
Bigram
ac | cq | qu | ui | ir | re
Trigram
acq | cqu | qui | uir | ire
Quadrigram
acqu | cqui | quir | uire
Word Gram
Verb Examples
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);
"He grew a beard";
"The patient developed abdominal pains";

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"
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"
acquire or gain knowledge or skills;
"She learned dancing from her sister";
"I learned Sanskrit";
"Children acquire language at an amazing rate"
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"
win something through one's efforts;
"I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese";
"Gain an understanding of international finance"
locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Acquire"

There are 912 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to acquire.

SynonymDefinition
Absorbcause to become one with
"The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"
Accepttolerate or accommodate oneself to
"I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"
"I swallowed the insult"
"She has learned to live with her husband''s little idiosyncracies"
Accomplishput in effect
"carry out a task"
"execute the decision of the people"
"He actioned the operation"
Accruegrow by addition
"The interest accrues"
Accumulatecollect or gather
"Journals are accumulating in my office"
"The work keeps piling up"
Achieveto gain with effort
"she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
Acknowledgeaccept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority
"The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"
"We do not recognize your gods"
Acquirecome to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
"He grew a beard"
"The patient developed abdominal pains"
Actualiserepresent or describe realistically
Actualizerepresent or describe realistically

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Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from acquire.

Anagram Definition
Acquirecome to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
"He grew a beard"
"The patient developed abdominal pains"

View English words with the unique letters used in acquire. Words With The Letters Aceiqru

Derives

Acquire derives from 8 words.

Word Definition
Acquiringthe act of acquiring something
"I envied his talent for acquiring"
"he''s much more interested in the getting than in the giving"
Developmentact of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
"he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency"
"they funded research and development"
Gettingthe act of acquiring something
"I envied his talent for acquiring"
"he''s much more interested in the getting than in the giving"
Growing(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
Growththe gradual beginning or coming forth
"figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"
Maturation(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
Ontogenesis(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically
a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
"he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
Ontogeny(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically
a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
"he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"

Hypernyms

Acquire has 1 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Changethe action of changing something
"the change of government had no impact on the economy"
"his change on abortion cost him the election"

Hyponyms

There are 15 hyponyms for acquire

Word Definition
Cutan unexcused absence from class;
"he was punished for taking too many cuts in his math class"
Featherturning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
Fledgegrow feathers;
"The young sparrows are fledging already"
Get Up
Leafhinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
Poda detachable container of fuel on an airplane
Pupatedevelop into a pupa;
"the insect larva pupate"
Regrowgrow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption;
"parts of the trunk of this tree can regrow";
"some invertebrates can regrow limbs or their tail after they lost it due to an injury"
Springa light springing movement upwards or forwards
Sprouta newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)

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The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word acquire.

Is acquire a scrabble word or can you use acquire in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 343098 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 472831 games. This 7 letter 18 point scrabble word can be rearranged 5,040 ways. What other words can be made with the letters a, c, e, i, q, r, and u? There's 3 with 9 letters or less with the letters a, c, e, i, q, r, and u. Here is a list of 3 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Acquirer (8 letters) 19 +1 21 +1 acquirer
Acquire (7 letters) 18 20 acquire
Reacquire (9 letters) 20 +2 22 +2 aceeiqrru





     

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