Antonym: hereditary, innate. Similar words: acquire, required, acquiesce, acquittal, acquisition, acquiescence, require, inquire about. Meaning: [ə'kwaɪə] adj. gotten through environmental forces.
Random good picture Not show
(91) We do not know which behavioural traits are inherited and which acquired.
(92) The job gave her the chance to apply the knowledge she had acquired at university.
(93) Some women have acquired status as heroines.
(94) The words are acquired from the community.
(95) These attitudes have acquired their own shorthand titles.
(96) They are like sushi, maybe an acquired taste.
(97) Whisky is an acquired taste.
(98) It was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
(99) It is an acquired taste but very refreshing.
(100) Many inner cities have acquired reputations for violent crime.
(101) Americans have recently acquired a taste for gourmet coffee.
(102) Data were acquired by scanning in three-dimensional mode.
(103) Mr Wilbraham acquired five businesses within 15 months.
(104) In April local councils acquired an important new power.
(105) Her acquired accent sounded suddenly very strong.
(106) We have steadily acquired businesses since then.
(107) Some collections are acquired through the museum's own initiatives.
(108) Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot of acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. Mark Twain
(109) Firstly, over the past few years, it has acquired various software businesses with related but incompatible products.
(110) The next missive was a postcard from the college library, which had acquired a book for her on inter-library loan.
(111) I rarely drink in the week, and I've never acquired a taste for wine.
(111) Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
(112) With the help of the Greyhound Bank it acquired Dan Air assets but grew quickly as its order book grew.
(113) He had also acquired rights to a property with the intriguing title Shadow on the Sun.
(114) The remaining 50% will be acquired through gifts and purchases over the next few years.
(115) Specifically, under rapidly changing market conditions, acquired information is time-critical and tends to have a shorter lifetime.
(116) Once they began, they acquired momentum of their own, and the size of the purge made it credible.
(117) Coins may also be acquired from various sources; local finds or gifts of collectors may give very different pictures.
(118) Some grandparents were acquired through adoption, or through remarriage following family break-up.
(119) The statue was acquired at great expense by the City Corporation.
(120) In addition, 785 works were acquired by gift and bequest.
More similar words: acquire, required, acquiesce, acquittal, acquisition, acquiescence, require, inquire about, requirement, acquainted, inquiry, fired, tired, retired, be tired of, hire, dire, tire, mire, wire, on fire, fire up, admire, aspire, empire, direct, desire, retire, satire, perspire.