acquainted

acquainted

English

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈkweɪntɪd/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /əˈkwæɪntəd/
• Hyphenation: ac‧quaint‧ed

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Adjective

acquainted (comparative more acquainted, superlative most acquainted)

1. Personally known; familiar.
   • 1748. HUME, David. An enquiry concerning human understanding. In: L. A. SELBY-BIGGE, M. A. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 16.

     Suppose, therefore, a person to have enjoyed his sight for thirty years, and to have become perfectly acquainted with colours of all kinds

Derived terms

• be acquainted with

Translations

familiar

Armenian: ծանոթ (hy) (canotʿ) Dutch: bekend (nl) Finnish: tutustunut (fi), perehtynyt (fi) German: bekannt (de) Hungarian: ismerős (hu) Irish: aithne a bheith agat, eolas a bheith agat ar (be acquainted with), aitheantach Malagasy: mahazatra(olona)

Norwegian: Bokmål: kjent (no) Portuguese: conhecido (pt) Russian: знако́мый (ru) m (znakómyj) Scottish Gaelic: eòlach Spanish: conocido (es)

Verb

acquainted

1. simple past tense and past participle of acquaint