ACQUISITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acquisition mean? 

• ACQUISITION (noun)
  The noun ACQUISITION has 4 senses:

1. the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something

2. something acquired

3. the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

4. an ability that has been acquired by training

  Familiarity information: ACQUISITION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACQUISITION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the acquisition of one company by another

Hypernyms ("acquisition" is a kind of...):

acquiring; getting (the act of acquiring something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acquisition"):

procural; procurance; procurement (the act of getting possession of something)

incurring (acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable))

buyout (acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock)

regaining; restitution; restoration; return (getting something back again)

heritage; inheritance (hereditary succession to a title or an office or property)

assumption; laying claim (the act of taking possession of or power over something)

succession; taking over (acquisition of property by descent or by will)

acceptance (the act of taking something that is offered)

purchase (the acquisition of something for payment)

pork-barreling (acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale)

annexation (the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation)

moneymaking (the act of making money (and accumulating wealth))

Derivation:

acquire (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Something acquired

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

a recent acquisition by the museum

Hypernyms ("acquisition" is a kind of...):

transferred possession; transferred property (a possession whose ownership changes or lapses)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acquisition"):

accession; addition (something added to what you already have)

purchase (something acquired by purchase)

gift (something acquired without compensation)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

acquisition; learning

Context example:

the child's acquisition of language

Hypernyms ("acquisition" is a kind of...):

basic cognitive process (cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acquisition"):

education (the gradual process of acquiring knowledge)

carry-over; transfer; transfer of training (application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation)

study; work (applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading))

committal to memory; memorisation; memorization (learning so as to be able to remember verbatim)

language learning (learning to use a language)

imprinting (a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established)

incorporation; internalisation; internalization (learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself)

digestion (learning and coming to understand ideas and information)

developmental learning (learning that takes place as a normal part of cognitive development)

conditioning (a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment)

Derivation:

acquire (gain knowledge or skills)

acquire (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An ability that has been acquired by training

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

accomplishment; acquirement; acquisition; attainment; skill

Hypernyms ("acquisition" is a kind of...):

ability; power (possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acquisition"):

oarsmanship (skill as an oarsman)

swordsmanship (skill in fencing)

soldiering; soldiership (skills that are required for the life of soldier)

showmanship (the ability to present something (especially theatrical shows) in an attractive manner)

seamanship (skill in sailing)

salesmanship (skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy)

mixology (skill in preparing mixed drinks)

mastership (the skill of a master)

marksmanship (skill in shooting)

literacy (the ability to read and write)

horsemanship (skill in handling and riding horses)

craft; craftsmanship; workmanship (skill in an occupation or trade)

numeracy (skill with numbers and mathematics)

Derivation:

acquire (gain knowledge or skills)

 Context examples 

Any of a number of technologies that permits the visualization and acquisition of images into a physical or electronic record.

(Imaging Technology, NCI Thesaurus)

Ordinal of cardiac cycle within an acquisition.

(Beat Number, NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)

Event of the acquisition of an image.

(Image Acquired, NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)

An independent acquisition scheme, i.e., a route or conduit through which flows data consisting of one particular measurement using one particular parameter.

(Channel, NCI Thesaurus)

Gram-negative bacteria secrete a wide range of proteins whose functions include biogenesis of organelles, such as pilli and flagella, nutrient acquisition, virulence, and efflux of drugs and other toxins.

(Bacterial Secretion System Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Issue associated with the acquisition of computer programming codes that can replicate and spread from one computer system to another thereby leading to damaged software, hardware and data.

(Application Security Issue Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

A type of clinical acquisition protocol for creating images or image-derived measurements.

(Acquisition Protocol, NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)

Beginning and ending frame times after the start of injection completely specify an acquisition time.

(Acquisition Time Frame, NCI Thesaurus)

Acquisition of additional genetic mutations beyond expression of BCR/ABL causes the progression of CML from chronic phase to blast phase (CML-BP), characterized by an accumulation of myeloid or lymphoid blast cells.

(Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

For clinical decision-making, the purposeful and ongoing acquisition, interpretation, and synthesis of patient data obtained from clinical trials.

(Clinical Trials, Monitoring, NCI Thesaurus)