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The meaning of ACQUAINTED is having personal knowledge of something : having seen or experienced something —+ with. How to use acquainted in a sentence.
to know or be familiar with something, because you have studied it or have experienced it before: Police said the thieves were obviously well acquainted with the alarm system at the department store. See more. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries.
Acquainted definition: having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with). See examples of ACQUAINTED used in a sentence.
1. : to cause to know personally. was acquainted with the mayor. 2. : to make familiar : to cause to know firsthand. acquainting the new employees with their responsibilities. She took a few days to acquaint herself with the facts of the case. Synonyms. accustom. familiarize. initiate. introduce. orientate. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
As long as you know something or someone fairly well, you are acquainted with it, so you can be acquainted with a city, a mathematical idea, or a particular poem. The trickiest thing about the word acquainted is the way it's spelled.
Definition of acquainted adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective [ never before noun ] formal uk / əˈkweɪntɪd / us. Add to word list. If you are acquainted with someone, you have met them but do not know them well: We're already acquainted - we met at Elaine's party. be acquainted with sth. to know about something: I'm afraid I'm not yet acquainted with the system.
