acquisition

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something

   the acquisition of wealth

2. 2
   noun

   the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

   the child's acquisition of language

3. 3
   noun

   something acquired

   a recent acquisition by the museum

4. 4
   noun

   The act or process of acquiring.

   The acquisition of sports equipment can be fun in itself.

5. 5
   noun

   The thing acquired or gained; a gain.

   That graphite tennis racquet is quite an acquisition.

6. 6
   noun

   an ability that has been acquired by training

7. 7
   noun

   The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French acquisicion, from Latin acquisītiō, from acquirere; equivalent to acquire + -ition.