acquaintanceship

acquaintanceship noun: the state of being acquainted.

Noun

acquaintanceship (usually uncountable, plural acquaintanceships)

(usually) The state of being acquainted.
- What, eschew acquaintanceship? forget, After my most hearty commendations, my very trusty friend, ’Twere sin and shame Tomaso.1640, The Knave in Graine, New Vampt, London: John Day, act III, scene 1
- To host and hostess thus with fortune blest,
  Lief had I come with better news to bear
  Unto your greeting and acquaintanceship;1889, “The Libation-Bearers”, in Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead, transl., The House of Atreus, page 114
Synonyms:

acquaintance
(countable, usually) A relationship as acquaintances.
- They began their acquaintanceship very lovingly, and after a shake or two by the hand, Bell gave him a more particular account of the uses and sanctity of his office […]1753, George Wollaston, The Life and History of a Pilgrim, Dublin, Book 2, p. 137
- In their long acquaintanceship and intimacy they could not recall an harsh word that had been uttered by Amelia.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 536

کسی چیز کا تجربہ, علم, واقفیت, آگاہی, باخبری

Without effort, she took them with her into her ever widening circle of acquaintanceship, and the two Avonlea girls found their social pathway at Redmond made very easy and pleasant for them […]1915, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 5, in Anne of the Island:
When they talked down the telephone he heard a man whom he might respect at the other end of it — a fellow who sounded willing to let bygones be bygones and passion acquaintanceship.1971, E. M. Forster, chapter 33, in Maurice, Penguin, published 1972, page 143:
I have already spoken to them through my window to begin an acquaintanceship.1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC, chapter III, page 42:
A growing distaste for the forced acquaintanceships of travel and a craving for home brought me back.1905, William John Locke, The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne, Part 2, Chapter 21:

plural	acquaintanceships

From acquaintance + -ship.

What does acquaintanceship mean?: Acquaintanceship means the state of being acquainted.
What is acquaintanceship in Urdu?: Acquaintanceship in Urdu is کسی چیز کا تجربہ, علم, واقفیت. See Acquaintanceship meaning in Urdu.
How do you use acquaintanceship in a sentence?: Without effort, she took them with her into her ever widening circle of acquaintanceship, and the two Avonlea girls found their social pathway at Redmond made very easy and pleasant for them […]
What part of speech is acquaintanceship?: Acquaintanceship is a noun.
What is the plural of acquaintanceship?: The plural of acquaintanceship is acquaintanceships.

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