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   Ac·quaint·ance

   /əˈkwān(t)ns/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person's knowledge or experience of something: "the students had little acquaintance with the language" Similar familiarityconversanceconversancycontactacquaintanceshipknowledge ofexperience ofawareness ofunderstanding ofcomprehension ofcognizance ofgrasp ofproficiency inskill inexpertise ininsight intoinformal:know-how
   • ▪ one's slight knowledge of or friendship with someone: "I renewed my acquaintance with Herbert" Similar associationrelationshipcontactsocial contactfellowshipcompanionship
   • 2. a person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend: "a wide circle of friends and acquaintances" Similar contactassociateconnectionallycolleagueconfrère
   • ▪ acquaintances considered collectively: "his extensive acquaintance included Oscar Wilde and Yeats"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘mutual knowledge, being acquainted’): from Old French acointance, from acointier ‘make known’ (see acquaint).

   Derivatives

   • 1. acquaintanceship noun

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