acquaintance

(ə-kwān'təns)
n.

1. 1. Knowledge of a person acquired by a relationship less intimate than friendship.
   2. A relationship based on such knowledge: struck up an acquaintance with our new neighbor.
2. A person whom one knows.
3. Knowledge or information about something or someone: has a passing acquaintance with Chinese history.

acquaintanceship ac·quain'tance·ship' n.

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noun

1. A person whom one knows casually: friend. See knowledge/ignorance.
2. Personal knowledge derived from participation or observation: experience, familiarity. See knowledge/ignorance.

n

Definition: a person known informally
Antonyms: stranger

n

Definition: knowledge of something through experience
Antonyms: ignorance, strangeness, unfamiliarity

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.

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IN BRIEF: A person one knows, but who is not a close friend. Knowledge gained from experience.

She has acquaintance with the game of backgammon.

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Quotes:

"Acquaintance: a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous." - Ambrose Bierce

"Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to." - Ambrose Bierce

"An acquaintance is someone we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to." - Ambrose Bierce

"The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance." - George Eliot

"I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London." - Edward M. Forster

"We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast." - Logan Pearsall Smith

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See words rhyming with "acquaintance."

Common misspelling(s) of acquaintance

• acquaintence
• aquiantance
• aquaintance

Dansk (Danish)
n. - kendskab, bekendtskab

idioms:

• make someone's acquaintance    gøre nogens bekendtskab

Nederlands (Dutch)
kennis (persoon), bekendheid, kennismaking, (mv) kennissenkring kennismaken met

Français (French)
n. - connaissance

idioms:

• make someone's acquaintance    faire la connaissance de qn

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bekanntschaft, Kenntnis, Bekannter

idioms:

• make someone's acquaintance    jemanden kennenlernen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γνωριμία, εξοικείωση, γνώριμος, γνωστός, γνώση

idioms:

• make someone's acquaintance    γνωρίζομαι με

Italiano (Italian)
conoscenza, familiarità, conoscente

idioms:

• make one's acquaintance    fare la conoscenza di qualcuno

Português (Portuguese)
n. - conhecimento (m), familiaridade (f)

idioms:

• make someone's acquaintance    encontrar-se pela primeira vez com alguém

Русский (Russian)
знакомство, знание, знакомый

idioms:

• make someone's acquaintance    познакомиться с...

Español (Spanish)
n. - conocimiento, conocido

idioms:

• make someone's acquaintance    trabar conocimiento con alguien

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bekantskap, umgängesvän

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
相识, 熟人, 相识的人, 了解

idioms:

• make someone's acquaintance    使某人认识

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 相識, 熟人, 相識的人, 瞭解

idioms:

• make someone's acquaintance    使某人認識

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 친지, 아는 사람, 지식, 안면

idioms:

• make someone's acquaintance    남과 알게 되다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 知人, 知っていること, 面識, 知識

idioms:

• make someone's acquaintance    と知り合いになる
• nodding acquaintance    生半可な知識

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) معرفه شخصيه, إطلاع يتعرف على شخص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮היכרות, ידיעה, מודע, מכר‬

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