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Showing words for ACQUIRING using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Acquiring

acquiring

8 Letter Words for Acquiring

quirinca

7 Letter Words for Acquiring

qiangic, quiring

6 Letter Words for Acquiring

airing, anuric, arcing, aricin, caring, curing, gauric, guacin, quinia, quinic, racing, ragini, ricing, ugrian, uranic

5 Letter Words for Acquiring

acing, acini, agric, agrin, argin, auric, aurin, cagui, cairn, cigar, cigua, craig, crain, crang, cuing, curia, curin, garni, gauri, grain, guiac, icing, incra, incur, irani, iraqi, irian, iring, nairu, naric, nigra, nigua, qiang, quair, quica, quina, quira, quran, ricin, ruing, runic, ugric, uncia, unrig

4 Letter Words for Acquiring

agin, agni, ainu, airn, arni, arui, cain, cair, cang, carn, cira, crag, cran, crig, crin, cuir, cura, curn, gain, gair, gari, garn, gaun, gaur, giri, girn, gnar, gran, grin, grun, guan, guar, guna, gurn, inca, incr, inga, inia, iran, iraq, nagi, naig, narc, naur, ngai, quag, quai, quan, quar, quia, quin, ragi, rain, rang, raun, riga, ring, ruga, ruin, rung, uang, unai, unca, unci, uran, uria, uric, urna

3 Letter Words for Acquiring

agr, ain, air, anc, anu, arc, arg, arn, aru, aug, cag, cai, can, car, cia, cig, cir, cru, cun, cur, gan, gar, gau, gin, gnu, gra, gui, gun, gur, ign, inc, ing, ira, nag, nar, nig, nur, qua, qui, rag, rai, ran, ria, rig, rin, rna, ruc, rug, run, uca, una, unc, ung, uni, unq, ura, urn

Definitions for Acquiring

[1] to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
[2] to gain for oneself through one's actions or efforts: to acquire learning.
[3] Linguistics . to achieve native or nativelike command of (a language or a linguistic rule or element).
[4] Military . to locate and track (a moving target) with a detector, as radar.
[5] (tr) to get or gain (something, such as an object, trait, or ability), esp more or less permanently

Words related to Acquiring

acquireamass, earn, buy, get, win, gain, have, collect, promote, achieve, take, cop, land, secure, annex, gather, procure, wangle, snag, access

Words nearby Acquiring

acquireacquainted, acquest, acquiesce, acquiescence, acquiescent, acquire, acquired, acquired antibody, acquired behaviour, acquired character, acquired characteristic

Origin of Acquiring

e1400–50; < Latin acquīrere to add to one's possessions, acquire (ac- ac- + -quīrere, combining form of quaerere to search for, obtain); replacing late Middle English aquere < Middle French aquerre < Latin

Other words from Acquiring

ac·quir·a·ble , adjective
ac·quir·a·bil·i·ty , noun
ac·quir·er , noun
pre·ac·quire , verb, pre·ac·quired, pre·ac·quir·ing.
re·ac·quire , verb (used with object), re·ac·quired, re·ac·quir·ing.
self-ac·quired , adjective
un·ac·quir·a·ble , adjective
un·ac·quired , adjective
well-ac·quired , adjective

Word origin for Acquiring

eC15: via Old French from Latin acquīrere, from ad- in addition + quaerere to get, seek

Synonyms for Acquiring

achieve, amass, bring in, buy, collect, earn, gain, get, have, pick up, promote, take, win, access, annex, attain, catch, cop, corral, gather, grab, hustle, land, procure, secure, snag, wangle, get hands on, get hold of, latch onto, lock up, rack up, scare up, take possession of