<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>Acquired, acquiring.</li><li>To come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own:<ul><li>To acquire property.</li></ul></li><li>To gain for oneself through one's actions or efforts:<ul><li>To acquire learning.</li></ul></li><li>Synonyms: appropriate, attain, earn, win</li><li>Linguistics: to achieve native or nativelike command of (a language or a linguistic rule or element).</li><li>Military: to locate and track (a moving target) with a detector, as radar.</li></ul>