acquire
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(verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables" |
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Synonyms: adopt, assume, take, take on |
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Related Words: change, re-assume |
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(verb) come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
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Synonyms: get |
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Related Words: accept, benefit, borrow, bring in, buy, call for, capture, catch, charter, clear, collect, come by, come into, come up, come upon, earn, engage, enter upon, express, extract, find, gain, garner, gather up, get, get back, get hold, glom, have, hire, inherit, isolate, lease, line up, luck into, make, obtain, partake, partake in, pick up, poll, preempt, press out, profit, pull in, purchase, realize, receive, reclaim, recoup, recover, regain, rent, repossess, retrieve, share, take, take in, win, win back |
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(verb) come to have, of physical features and attributes; "He grew a beard"; The patient developed abdominal pains"; I got funny spots all over my body" |
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Synonyms: develop, get, grow, produce |
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Related Words: change, cut, feather, fledge, get up, leaf, pod, pupate, spring, sprout, stool, teeth, teethe, tiller, work up |
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