<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) acquired, acquiring.</li><li>to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.</li><li>to gain for oneself through one's actions or efforts: to acquire learning.</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><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>