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acquisitive

/əˈkwɪzətɪv/

acquisitive adjective: acquired.

Adjective

acquisitive (comparative more acquisitive, superlative most acquisitive)

  1. (obsolete) Acquired.
  2. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring, greedy.
    • He is an acquisitive person.
    • She has an acquisitive nature.
  3. Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
    Synonyms:
    inquisitive

acquisitive meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

acquisitive in Tamil

கவரும் ஆர்வமுடைய, கைப்பற்று ஆர்வமுள்ள, கைப்பற்றும் ஆர்வமுடைய, பிறர் பொருளை வெஃகுகின்ற

acquisitive in Urdu

اِکتَسابات کا رَسِیا, مُکتَسِب

acquisitive in Bengali

অর্জিত, অর্জিত করতে সক্ষম, আগ্রহী, অর্জনকারী, লোভী

acquisitive in Malayalam

ആർജ്ജശീലമുള്ള, ജ്ഞാനേച്ഛയുള്ള, സമ്പാദിക്കാൻ ആഗ്രഹമുള്ള, നേടൽ, നേടിയ സ്വത്ത്‌, സ്വന്തമാക്കൽ

Synonyms of acquisitive

Forms of acquisitive

comparativemore acquisitive
superlativemost acquisitive

Origin of acquisitive

From an alteration of Latin acquisītus (“acquired, gained”), or possibly from acquisite + -ive.

Words formed from acquisitive

Phrases with acquisitive

Questions about acquisitive

What does acquisitive mean?
Acquisitive means acquired.
What is acquisitive in Tamil?
Acquisitive in Tamil is கவரும் ஆர்வமுடைய, கைப்பற்று ஆர்வமுள்ள, கைப்பற்றும் ஆர்வமுடைய. See Acquisitive meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is acquisitive?
Acquisitive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce acquisitive?
Acquisitive is pronounced /əˈkwɪzətɪv/.

Words near acquisitive in the dictionary

  1. acquisitionism
  2. acquisitionist
  3. acquisitionists
  4. acquisitions
  5. acquisititious
  6. acquisitive
  7. acquisitive prize
  8. acquisitive prizes
  9. acquisitively
  10. acquisitiveness
  11. acquisitivenesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: acquisitive (page history and authors); acquisitive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acquisitive (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acquisitive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acquisitive (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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