acquainted; acquainting; acquaints
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
Examples of acquaint in a Sentence
This class is designed to acquaint students with the region's most important writers.
Mr. King spent the first week of the summer internship acquainting everyone with the new computers.
Recent Examples on the Web
And later at this center she got acquainted with Oleksandr Riasnyi, a soldier who lost his limb in fighting.
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Yulia Drozd, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2024
In the series, the bobblehead makes an appearance early on in the pilot when viewers are getting acquainted with Vault 33.
—Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
Rosenthal recommends getting acquainted with your pump—its parts, assembly, use, charging, and cleaning—before your due date.
—Simone Scully, Parents, 16 Apr. 2024
The new locals will also have a chance to get acquainted with Fibbar MaGees and its St. Patrick’s Day celebration, which is already a hit with residents.
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The two became acquainted after Kad’s son met Arora’s daughter, who are both students at Indiana University.
—The Enquirer, 12 Apr. 2024
After getting acquainted with a Kazakh boy Batay, Wenxiu gradually discovers the beauty of the local area and follows a nomadic Kazakh family into the pastoral area.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 12 Mar. 2024
And part of that process includes getting very well acquainted with what turns out to be not possible, resulting in robots that end up on the floor, sometimes in pieces.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2024
Simultaneously, Woolsey and his then-wife Connie owned the San Marcos, Tex., club The Prairie Rose, where Woolsey first saw and became acquainted with Strait.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2024
Yulia Drozd, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2024
In the series, the bobblehead makes an appearance early on in the pilot when viewers are getting acquainted with Vault 33.
—Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
Rosenthal recommends getting acquainted with your pump—its parts, assembly, use, charging, and cleaning—before your due date.
—Simone Scully, Parents, 16 Apr. 2024
The new locals will also have a chance to get acquainted with Fibbar MaGees and its St. Patrick’s Day celebration, which is already a hit with residents.
—Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
The two became acquainted after Kad’s son met Arora’s daughter, who are both students at Indiana University.
—The Enquirer, 12 Apr. 2024
After getting acquainted with a Kazakh boy Batay, Wenxiu gradually discovers the beauty of the local area and follows a nomadic Kazakh family into the pastoral area.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 12 Mar. 2024
And part of that process includes getting very well acquainted with what turns out to be not possible, resulting in robots that end up on the floor, sometimes in pieces.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2024
Simultaneously, Woolsey and his then-wife Connie owned the San Marcos, Tex., club The Prairie Rose, where Woolsey first saw and became acquainted with Strait.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2024
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“Acquaint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acquaint. Accessed 5 May. 2024.
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