acquaintance
- acquaintance
noun
1 person you know
ADJECTIVE
▪ casual
▪ I ran into a casual acquaintance in town.
▪ new
▪ close, old
▪ business, childhood, mutual, personal, social
VERB + ACQUAINTANCE
▪ bump into (esp. BrE), meet, run into
▪ greet
▪ He greeted all his old acquaintances.
PHRASES
▪ friends and acquaintances
2 knowledge of sb/sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ nodding, passing, slight
▪ a man with whom I had a passing acquaintance
▪ brief, short
▪ close, intimate
▪ chance
VERB + ACQUAINTANCE
▪ make sb's/sth's (= become acquainted with sb/sth)
▪ I first made his acquaintance in 2006.
▪ strike up
▪ I first met Simon in 1998 and struck up an acquaintance with him.
▪ renew
PREPOSITION
▪ of sb's acquaintance (formal)
▪ He introduced me to a reporter of his acquaintance.
▪ acquaintance with
▪ her acquaintance with modern philosophy
PHRASES
▪ have an acquaintance with
▪ They have little acquaintance with colloquial English.
▪ on close acquaintance, on closer acquaintance
▪ on first acquaintance
▪ On first acquaintance she seemed a little odd.
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Acquaintance — Ac*quaint ance, n. [OE. aqueintance, OF. acointance, fr. acointier. See {Acquaint}.] 1. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
acquaintance — [ə kwānt′ ns] n. 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 … English World dictionary
acquaintance — (n.) c.1300, state of being acquainted; late 14c., person with whom one is acquainted; also personal knowledge; from O.Fr. acointance acquaintance, friendship, familiarity, noun of action from acointer (see ACQUAINT (Cf. acquaint)). Acquaintant… … Etymology dictionary
acquaintance — [n1] a person known informally associate, association, colleague, companion, contact, friend, neighbor; concept 423 Ant. stranger acquaintance [n2] knowledge of something through experience awareness, cognizance, conversance, familiarity,… … New thesaurus
acquaintance — and description … Philosophy dictionary
acquaintance — index cognition, experience (background), knowledge (awareness) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
acquaintance — *friend, intimate, confidant Analogous words: *associate, companion, comrade, crony Contrasted words: *stranger, outsider … New Dictionary of Synonyms
acquaintance — ► NOUN 1) familiarity with or knowledge of someone or something. 2) a person one knows slightly … English terms dictionary
acquaintance — n. familiarity 1) to have an acquaintance with (he has some acquaintance with statistics) 2) a slight, superficial acquaintance 3) on acquaintance (on closer acquaintance he proved to be a nice person) 4) an acquaintance with casual friendship 5) … Combinatory dictionary
acquaintance — ac|quaint|ance [əˈkweıntəns] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(somebody you know)¦ 2¦(relationship)¦ 3 make somebody s acquaintance 4¦(knowledge)¦ 5 of your acquaintance 6 on first acquaintance ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(SOMEBODY YOU KNOW)¦ someone you know, but who is not a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
