acquiring  

Pronunciation of acquiring: AH0 K W AY1 R IH0 NG

Number of syllables of acquiring: 3

Definition of acquiring

• (n): the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he''s much more interested in the getting than in the giving"  

Examples of acquiring

• How did the British Museum acquire the hoard  
• People vied to acquire more food.  
• Dozens of firms moved to Hawthorne to acquire Northrop subcontracts.  
• The man did not want to let them acquire briskness.  
• The company was founded in 1999 to acquire marine construction subcontracts.  
• Teachers acquire managerial skills.  
• The Callums later acquire a dinghy of their own, the Scarab.  
• The corporation acquire the upper arboretum in 1928.  
• The players must first acquire the miniatures and build the terrain.  
• Contrastingly, all black foreigners could easily acquire Haitian nationality.