acquaintance in Dogri डोगरी
acquaintance in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
acquaintance in Hindi हिन्दी
acquaintance in Marathi मराठी
acquaintance in Nepali नेपाली
acquaintance in Sindhi سنڌي
acquaintance in Urdu اُردُو
acquaintance in English
- acquaintance⇄acquaintance, noun, adjective.
- acquaintance⇄adj. committed by an acquaintance.
Ex. Many ""acquaintance homicides"" involve quarrels between drug cheaters or street gangs (Atlantic). The phrase ""acquaintance rape"" was coined to describe ... the cases of forced sex between people who alread - acquaintance⇄expr. cultivate the acquaintance of, to try to get to know (someone) well.
Ex. The ambitious young candidate tried to cultivate the acquaintance of the most influential politicians of his state. - acquaintance⇄expr. make the acquaintance of, to get to know.
Ex. My mother soon made the acquaintance of my new teacher. We spent a day or two in making the general acquaintance of the glacier (John Tyndall). - acquaintance⇄expr. scrape acquaintance, to take the trouble to get acquainted.
Ex. Her two dearest friends had contrived to scrape acquaintance without introduction (F. Whishaw). - acquaintance⇄noun 1. pl. -ances. a person known to one, but not a close friend.
Ex. We have many acquaintances in our neighborhood.
2. ?no pl.
a. knowledge of persons or things gained from experience with them. Acquaintance is more than mere recog