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ACQUISITION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something

Example:

the acquisition of one company by another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("acquisition" is a kind of...):

acquiring; getting (the act of acquiring something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acquisition"):

buyout (acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock)

regaining; restitution; restoration; return (getting something back again)

procural; procurance; procurement (the act of getting possession of something)

heritage; inheritance (hereditary succession to a title or an office or property)

assumption; laying claim (the act of taking possession of or power over something)

succession; taking over (acquisition of property by descent or by will)

acceptance (the act of taking something that is offered)

purchase (the acquisition of something for payment)

pork-barreling (acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale)

annexation (the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation)

moneymaking (the act of making money (and accumulating wealth))

incurring (acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable))

Derivation:

acquire (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An ability that has been acquired by training

Synonyms:

accomplishment; acquirement; acquisition; attainment; skill

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("acquisition" is a kind of...):

ability; power (possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acquisition"):

swordsmanship (skill in fencing)

soldiering; soldiership (skills that are required for the life of soldier)

showmanship (the ability to present something (especially theatrical shows) in an attractive manner)

seamanship (skill in sailing)

salesmanship (skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy)

oarsmanship (skill as an oarsman)

numeracy (skill with numbers and mathematics)

mixology (skill in preparing mixed drinks)

mastership (the skill of a master)

marksmanship (skill in shooting)

literacy (the ability to read and write)

horsemanship (skill in handling and riding horses)

craft; craftsmanship; workmanship (skill in an occupation or trade)

Derivation:

acquire (gain knowledge or skills)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

Example:

the child's acquisition of language

Synonyms:

acquisition; learning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("acquisition" is a kind of...):

basic cognitive process (cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acquisition"):

carry-over; transfer; transfer of training (application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation)

study; work (applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading))

committal to memory; memorisation; memorization (learning so as to be able to remember verbatim)

language learning (learning to use a language)

imprinting (a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established)

incorporation; internalisation; internalization (learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself)

education (the gradual process of acquiring knowledge)

digestion (learning and coming to understand ideas and information)

developmental learning (learning that takes place as a normal part of cognitive development)

conditioning (a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment)

Derivation:

acquire (gain knowledge or skills)

acquire (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Something acquired

Example:

a recent acquisition by the museum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("acquisition" is a kind of...):

transferred possession; transferred property (a possession whose ownership changes or lapses)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acquisition"):

accession; addition (something added to what you already have)

purchase (something acquired by purchase)

gift (something acquired without compensation)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The acquisition of images of an anatomic area that is being irradiated using radiotherapy beams and films as imaging media.

(Film Portal Imaging, NCI Thesaurus)

The acquisition of images that utilize only categorized scanner's counts during one or more (up to all) selected parts of some cyclic process in the subject.

(Gated Scan, NCI Thesaurus)

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) formation is either de novo (primary GBMs) or due to the progression of a lower grade glioma to a higher grade one through the acquisition of additional mutations (secondary GBMs).

(Glioblastoma Multiforme Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

The acquisition of lysosomal proteases and release of reactive oxygen species are crucial for digestion of engulfed materials in phagosomes.

(Fc Gamma Receptor-Mediated Phagocytosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

The acquisition of images of an anatomic area that is being irradiated using radiotherapy beams and an electronic detector.

(Electronic Portal Imaging, NCI Thesaurus)

Processes for data acquisition, validation, storage, protection, and processing.

(Data Management, NCI Thesaurus)

Acquisition or display of radiographic images using digital techniques; includes digital video fluoroscopy, scan-projection radiography (SPR), digital subtraction and angiography (DSA), digital intravenous angiography (DIVA), and computed tomography.

(Digital X-Ray, NCI Thesaurus)

A scan which acquires 2 acquisitions of the same regions some time apart.

(Dual-time Scan, NCI Thesaurus)

Duration of the acquisition of an image or a waveform.

(Acquisition Duration, NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)

This study uncovered fascinating mechanisms, including genetic duplications and acquisition of genes from other organisms, that enabled red algae to radiate throughout the world's oceans.

(Red seaweeds, including those in sushi, thrive despite ancestor's loss of genes, National Science Foundation)