to become acquainted with

  • 1become acquainted with — index ascertain, discern (detect with the senses), find (discover) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2become acquainted with — become familiar with, get to know …

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  • 3acquainted — [[t]əkwe͟ɪntɪd[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ with n If you are acquainted with something, you know about it because you have learned it or experienced it. [FORMAL] He was well acquainted with the literature of France, Germany and Holland... I am …

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  • 4acquainted — ac|quaint|ed [ ə kweıntəd ] adjective FORMAL if two people are acquainted, they know each other, usually not very well: acquainted with: She had been briefly acquainted with him more than 20 years earlier. get/become acquainted (=start to know… …

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  • 5acquainted — UK [əˈkweɪntɪd] / US [əˈkweɪntəd] adjective formal 1) if two people are acquainted, they know each other, usually not very well get/become acquainted (= start to know someone by talking or doing something together): I ll leave you two to get… …

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  • 6acquainted — adj. familiar with sth VERBS ▪ be ▪ become, get ▪ I would like to get acquainted with her. ADVERB ▪ fully, intimately …

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  • 7acquainted — adjective Personally known; familiar. Suppose, therefore, a person to have enjoyed his sight for thirty years, and to have become perfectly acquainted with colours of all kinds …

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  • 8meet up with — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. encounter, become acquainted with, be introduced; see meet 4 …

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  • 9familiarize with — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. acquaint, accustom, habituate, enlighten, become adept in, get acquainted with, awaken to, inure, season, condition, come to know, become aware of, make familiar with, make conversant with, orient, brief, initiate, inform,… …

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  • 10People associated with Anne Frank — Annelies Marie “Anne” Frank (12 June 1929–early March 1945) was a Jewish girl who, along with her family and four other people, hid in rooms at the back of her father s Amsterdam company during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Helped by… …

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