acquaintances
acquaintances is the plural of acquaintance.
Meaning of acquaintance
Noun
acquaintance (countable and uncountable, plural acquaintances)
- A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
- I know of the man; but have no acquaintance with him.
- A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
- Montgomery was an old acquaintance of Ferguson.1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XVI, in The History Of England From the Accession of James II
- Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).
- Having therefore conſulted with my Wife, and ſome of my Acquaintance, I determined to go again to Sea.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Gives Some Account of Himself and Family, His First Inducements to Travel. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s...
- Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).
- The words of these songs were either without meaning, or derived from an idiom with which Watt, a very fair linguist, had no acquaintance.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC
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Questions about acquaintances
- What is acquaintances the plural of?
- Acquaintances is the plural of acquaintance.
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