acquainted
Syllables: ac·quaint·edUK/əˈkweɪntɪd/
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Australia/əˈkwæɪntəd/
acquainted adjective: personally known; familiar. Also the simple past and past participle of acquaint.
Adjective
acquainted (comparative more acquainted, superlative most acquainted)
- Personally known; familiar.
- Suppoſe, therefore, a Perſon to have enjoy'd his Sight for thirty Years, and to have become perfectly well acquainted with Colours of all kinds, excepting one particular Shade of Blue, for Inſtance, which it never has been his Fortune to meet with.1748, [David Hume], “Essay II. Of the Origin of Ideas.”, in Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 26
- I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.1927, Robert Frost, “Acquainted with the Night”, in The Poems of Robert Frost: […], New York, N.Y.: The Modern Library, published 1946, →OCLC, stanza 1
Also used as
acquainted is also the simple past and past participle of acquaint.
acquainted meaning in Hindi and Malayalam
acquainted in Hindi
- familiar
- परिचित paricit
acquainted in Malayalam
- familiar
- പരിചയമായ paricayamāya, പരിചയപ്പെട്ട paricayappeṭṭa
Examples of acquainted in a sentence
- The only thing I was going to become acquainted with was a one-way bus ticket to Nopeville.
- Most people acquainted with a personal computer system exhibit the baby duck syndrome.
- Bear attacks are uncommon in Arizona, and the woman was someone the speaker was acquainted with.
Forms of acquainted
| comparative | more acquainted |
|---|---|
| superlative | most acquainted |
Words formed from acquainted
- acquaintedness
- acquainted with
- e-quainted
- nonacquainted
- unacquainted
- well acquainted
Questions about acquainted
- What does acquainted mean?
- Acquainted means personally known; familiar.
- What is acquainted in Hindi?
- Acquainted in Hindi is परिचित (paricit). See Acquainted meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is acquainted?
- Acquainted is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce acquainted?
- Acquainted is pronounced /əˈkweɪntɪd/ (UK).
Words near acquainted in the dictionary
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