Acquaintance - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a relationship less intimate than friendship (syn: acquaintanceship)
- a person with whom you are acquainted (syn: friend)
Extra examples
She ran into an old acquaintance at the grocery store.
She struck up an acquaintance with a man from the city.
He seemed cold at first, but on closer acquaintance I realized that he was just shy.
While he has some acquaintance with the subject, he is not an expert.
On closer acquaintance he proved to be a nice person.
He exchanged a few words with the proprietor, an old acquaintance of his.
He has some acquaintance with statistics.
They have little acquaintance with Chinese philosophy or history.
She was a casual acquaintance of my family in Vienna.
He heard about the job through a mutual acquaintance (=someone you and another person both know).
They developed an acquaintance over the Internet.
You can't judge her on such short acquaintance (=when you have not known her long).
My uncle did not improve on further acquaintance (=when you knew him better).
The practice of a lawyer requires acquaintance with court procedures.
He has a passing acquaintance with a lot of different subjects.
Word forms
singular: acquaintance
plural: acquaintances
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