acquainted
having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with): to be acquainted with law.
brought into social contact; made familiar: people acquainted through mutual friends.
Origin of acquainted
1Other words from acquainted
- ac·quaint·ed·ness, noun
- half-ac·quaint·ed, adjective
- qua·si-ac·quaint·ed, adjective
- un·ac·quaint·ed, adjective
- well-ac·quaint·ed, adjective
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How to use acquainted in a sentence
However, if you’re looking to perfect your technique and become acquainted with the physical response of a real piano, there’s no substitute for weighted keys.
The best beginner keyboards let you build piano skills without a major investment | Jay Cabrera | October 31, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThroughout her life, she says, she has been well acquainted with the everyday injustices of gender inequality.
She never knew him to have firearms in the year or so they were acquainted.
New Details on Theodore Wafer, the Man Who Shot Renisha McBride | Steve Miller | November 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHis mother and his father were well-acquainted with a life of crime.
Breaking Bad Finale: Lost Interviews With Bryan Cranston & Vince Gilligan | Andrew Romano | September 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOnce I was better acquainted, or so I thought, with the tweet as a formal exercise and what you could do with it, I dove right in.
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A less imaginative man than Aristide would have immediately acquainted the police with his discovery.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeMeadow Mouse was too well acquainted with old Mr. Crow to get himself into any such fix as that.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyThe aroma is pleasant and mild, and to those but little acquainted with them, agreeable.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.By all the codes which I am acquainted with, I am a devilishly wicked specimen of the sex.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinHis friend M. Pitot had lately died, but I met many French gentlemen who were acquainted with him.
British Dictionary definitions for acquainted
/ (əˈkweɪntɪd) /
(sometimes foll by with) on terms of familiarity but not intimacy
(foll by with) having knowledge or experience (of); familiar (with)
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