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Acquaintance

Acquaintance Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Acquaintance? [n] personal knowledge or information about someone or something [n] a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family" [n] a relationship less intimate than friendship Synonyms \| Synonyms for Acquaintance: acquaintanceship \| conversance \| conversancy \| familiarity \| friend Related Terms \| Find terms related to Acquaintance: account \| acquaintedness \| advocate \| alter ego \| amigo \| announcement \| appreciation \| apprehension \| associate \| awareness \| backer \| best friend \| blue book \| bosom friend \| briefing \| brother \| bulletin \| casual acquaintance \| close acquaintance \| close friend \| colleague \| communication \| communique \| companion \| comrade \| confidant \| confidante \| consciousness \| corpus \| crony \| data \| datum \| directory \| dispatch \| enlightenment \| evidence \| experience \| expertise \| facts \| factual base \| factual information \| familiar \| familiarity \| familiarization \| favorer \| fellow \| fellow creature \| fellowman \| friend \| gen \| general information \| grasp \| guidebook \| handout \| hard information \| incidental information \| info \| information \| inseparable friend \| instruction \| intelligence \| intimacy \| intimate \| introduction \| inwardness \| ken \| knockdown \| know-how \| knowing \| knowledge \| light \| lover \| mate \| mention \| message \| neighbor \| notice \| notification \| other self \| partisan \| pickup \| practical knowledge \| presentation \| private knowledge \| privity \| promotional material \| proof \| publication \| publicity \| ratio cognoscendi \| release \| report \| repository \| self-knowledge \| sidelight \| statement \| supporter \| sympathizer \| technic \| technics \| technique \| the dope \| the goods \| the know \| the scoop \| transmission \| understanding \| well-wisher \| white book \| white paper \| word See Also \| bunkmate \| campmate \| class fellow \| classmate \| connection \| end man \| homeboy \| human \| individual \| information \| messmate \| mortal \| person \| pickup \| relationship \| schoolfellow \| schoolmate \| somebody \| someone \| soul Acquaintance In Webster's Dictionary \Ac*quaint"ance\, n. [OE. aqueintance, OF. acointance, fr. acointier. See {Acquaint}.] 1. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him. Contract no friendship, or even acquaintance, with a guileful man. --Sir W. Jones. 2. A person or persons with whom one is acquainted. Montgomery was an old acquaintance of Ferguson. --Macaulay. Note: In this sense the collective term acquaintance was formerly both singular and plural, but it is now commonly singular, and has the regular plural acquaintances. {To be of acquaintance}, to be intimate. {To take acquaintance of} or {with}, to make the acquaintance of. [Obs.] Syn: Familiarity; intimacy; fellowship; knowledge. Usage: {Acquaintance}, {Familiarity}, {Intimacy}. These words mark different degrees of closeness in social intercourse. Acquaintance arises from occasional intercourse; as, our acquaintance has been a brief one. We can speak of a slight or an intimate acquaintance. Familiarity is the result of continued acquaintance. It springs from persons being frequently together, so as to wear off all restraint and reserve; as, the familiarity of old companions. Intimacy is the result of close connection, and the freest interchange of thought; as, the intimacy of established friendship. Our admiration of a famous man lessens upon our nearer acquaintance with him. --Addison. We contract at last such a familiarity with them as makes it difficult and irksome for us to call off our minds. --Atterbury. It is in our power to confine our friendships and intimacies to men of virtue. --Rogers.

Acquaintance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Acquaintance?

[n] personal knowledge or information about someone or something
[n] a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"
[n] a relationship less intimate than friendship

Acquaintance In Webster's Dictionary

\Ac*quaint"ance\, n. [OE. aqueintance, OF.
acointance, fr. acointier. See {Acquaint}.]
1. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or
   more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal
   knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of
   friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no
   acquaintance with him.

         Contract no friendship, or even acquaintance, with a
         guileful man.                         --Sir W.
                                               Jones.

2. A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.

         Montgomery was an old acquaintance of Ferguson.
                                               --Macaulay.

Note: In this sense the collective term acquaintance was
      formerly both singular and plural, but it is now
      commonly singular, and has the regular plural
      acquaintances.

{To be of acquaintance}, to be intimate.

{To take acquaintance of} or {with}, to make the acquaintance
   of. [Obs.]

Syn: Familiarity; intimacy; fellowship; knowledge.

Usage: {Acquaintance}, {Familiarity}, {Intimacy}. These words
       mark different degrees of closeness in social
       intercourse. Acquaintance arises from occasional
       intercourse; as, our acquaintance has been a brief
       one. We can speak of a slight or an intimate
       acquaintance. Familiarity is the result of continued
       acquaintance. It springs from persons being frequently
       together, so as to wear off all restraint and reserve;
       as, the familiarity of old companions. Intimacy is the
       result of close connection, and the freest interchange
       of thought; as, the intimacy of established
       friendship.

             Our admiration of a famous man lessens upon our
             nearer acquaintance with him.     --Addison.

             We contract at last such a familiarity with them
             as makes it difficult and irksome for us to call
             off our minds.                    --Atterbury.

             It is in our power to confine our friendships
             and intimacies to men of virtue.  --Rogers.

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