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acquire

/əˈkwaɪɚ/

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Join k and w in the middle.

In uh-KWY-er, stress the eye vowel after kw. Finish with a light r-colored vowel, giving the word three syllables.

3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2

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She hopes to acquire new skills.

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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

What does acquire mean?

verb

  1. To get.
  2. To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
  3. To become affected by an illness.
More meanings (2)

verb

  1. To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
  2. To begin tracking a mobile target with a particular detector or sight, generally with the implication that an attack on the target thereby becomes possible.

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IPA pronunciation

/əˈkwaɪɚ/

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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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It is through the information brought by the converted spy that we are able to acquire and employ local and inward spies.
active 6th century B.C. SunziThe Art of WarTranslated by Lionel GilesProject Gutenberg ebook #132
Why does the tenant no longer acquire through his labor the land which was formerly acquired by the labor of the proprietor?
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360
More book examples (3)
It is the Americans themselves who daily quit the spots which gave them birth to acquire extensive domains in a remote country.
Alexis de TocquevilleDemocracy in America — Volume 1Translated by Henry ReeveProject Gutenberg ebook #815
You will acquire useful knowledge, which will stand you in better light than if you had pursued the usual course to learning.
Gustavus Hindman MillerTen Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream A Scientific and Practical ExpositionProject Gutenberg ebook #926
The disease is of long duration, and late in the history the bones of the spine and thorax may acquire great deformity.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747