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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions acquaintance noun  (uncountable) A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy I know of the man; but have no with him. Sir W. Jones, :Contract no friendship, or even , with a guileful man. (countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted. Thomas Macaulay :Montgomery was an old acquaintance of Ferguson. : To be of acquaintance, to be intimate : To take acquaintance of or with : To make the acquaintance of. Etymology: Old English aqueintance, Old French acointance, from acointier.      Full Definition of acquaintance  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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