HOW TO PRONOUNCE
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
- To get.
- To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
- To become affected by an illness.
More meanings (2)
verb
- To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
- 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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It is through the information brought by the converted spy that we are able to acquire and employ local and inward spies.
Why does the tenant no longer acquire through his labor the land which was formerly acquired by the labor of the proprietor?
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It is the Americans themselves who daily quit the spots which gave them birth to acquire extensive domains in a remote country.
You will acquire useful knowledge, which will stand you in better light than if you had pursued the usual course to learning.
The disease is of long duration, and late in the history the bones of the spine and thorax may acquire great deformity.