acquisitive

adj.

1. Characterized by a strong desire to gain and possess.
2. Tending to acquire and retain ideas or information: an acquisitive mind.

acquisitively ac·quis'i·tive·ly adv.
acquisitiveness ac·quis'i·tive·ness n.
acquisitor ac·quis'i·tor (-tər) n.

adjective

Having a strong urge to obtain or possess something, especially material wealth, in quantity: avaricious, avid, covetous, grasping, greedy, hungry. Informal grabby. See desire, give/take/reciprocity.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
  Antonym: unacquisitive (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: tending to acquire and retain ideas or information
  Synonym: recollective

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - bjærgsom, begærlig

Nederlands (Dutch)
hebzuchtig

Français (French)
adj. - âpre au gain, thésauriseur, avide de

Deutsch (German)
adj. - habgierig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κτητικός, αρπακτικός, άπληστος

Italiano (Italian)
avido, materialista

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - aquisitivo, ávido, ganancioso

Русский (Russian)
жадно впитывающий (знания и пр.)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - codicioso, adquisitivo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förvärvslysten, hagalen

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
想获得的, 可学得的, 贪得无厌的, 能够获得并保存的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 想獲得的, 可學得的, 貪得無厭的, 能夠獲得並保存的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 취득하는 , 욕심 내는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 得たがる, ほしがる, 得る能力のある

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) إكتسابي, محب للإكتساب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אוהב לרכוש, צובר דברים, חומרני, חמדן‬

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