"acquire" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Anglais]

Audio: En-us-acquire.ogg Forms: to acquire [infinitive], acquires [present, third-person, singular], acquired [preterite], acquired [participle, past], acquiring [participle, present]
  1. Acquérir.
    Sense id: fr-acquire-en-verb-AnXvCcK2 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: obtain Derived forms: acquirer, acquired, acquirement Related terms: acquisition, gain

Inflected forms

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