"acquire" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

acquire verbo

acquire + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 229
acquire land • acquire knowledge • acquire skills • acquire weapons • acquire information • acquire citizenship • acquire control • ...
verbo + acquire
Kolokacji: 22
begin acquiring • agree to acquire • try to acquire • begin to acquire • seek to acquire • ...
acquire + preposición
Kolokacji: 38
acquired through • acquired during • acquired by • acquire from • acquire over • ...
acquire + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 48
newly acquired • eventually acquire • later acquired • gradually acquire • quickly acquire • ...
(2) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2
(3) gradually, suddenly
Kolokacji: 2
(7) officially, formally
Kolokacji: 2
  • It was formally acquired by the City of New York in 1826.
  • Abandoned by the navy, it was formally acquired by Canada in 1822.
  • The property was formally acquired in 1981.
  • The city formally acquired the property in 1935 and converted it into Fort Duncan Park.
  • Though he took some courses in the extension division of Columbia University, he never formally acquired a college degree.
  • The announcement came only days after Campeau formally acquired Federated in a $6.4 billion merger.
  • On April 20, 2010, the company was formally acquired by Warner Bros..
  • William died in 1159, allowing Henry to formally acquire and thereby legitimise his control of Eye Castle.
  • LACMA did not formally acquire the work until 1986.
  • The Congo territory was acquired formally by Leopold at the Conference of Berlin in 1885.
(8) directly, immediately
Kolokacji: 2
(9) quietly, forward, steadily
Kolokacji: 3

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