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acquaintance
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ac·quain·tance

acquaintance

 
 
pronunciation:
kweIn tns
features:
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: a person one has met but does not know well.
I have a few acquaintances here but no real friends yet.
similar words:
associate, colleague, coworker, friend, peer, teammate
definition 2: knowledge of something that comes from personal experience.
I have an acquaintance with United States history.
synonyms:
awareness, knowledge
similar words:
understanding
Word Combinations  About this feature
adjective + (n.)acquaintance brief, casual, close, closest, delighted, distant, eager, extensive, female, firsthand, friendly, influential, intimate, known, long-time, longtime, male, mere, mutual, nodding, old, passing, personal, pleased, prior, professional, relative, slight, wealthy, wider [See all][See only the most frequent]
verb + (n.)acquaintance affirm, bump, cash, chat, consult, contact, cultivate, denounce, disown, gossip, greet, honor, inform, nod, presume, renew, spot, stalk, strike
(n.)acquaintance + verb betray, encounter, hint, persuade, request, scour, shock
noun + (n.)acquaintance Help amateur, childhood, circle, cousin, coworker, date, encounter, favor, friend, kin, neighbor, occasion, pleasure, relative, residence, suicide, violence
derivation: acquaintanceship (n.)
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