{
    "term": "acquisition",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the act of getting something, especially knowledge, a skill, etc.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "theories of child language acquisition"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "major", "substantial"],
                "verb + acquisition": ["complete", "make"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "something that somebody buys to add to what they already own, usually something valuable",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His latest acquisition is a racehorse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The money will be spent on acquisitions for the university library."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "major", "substantial"],
                "verb + acquisition": ["complete", "make"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a company, piece of land, etc. bought by somebody, especially another company; the act of buying it",
            "labels": "(business)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They have made acquisitions in several EU countries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the acquisition of shares by employees"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The group has announced its first overseas acquisition: a successful software company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has just made another acquisition."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "major", "substantial"],
                "verb + acquisition": ["complete", "make"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌækwɪˈzɪʃn/",
                "audio": "ac/acquisition/acquisition__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌækwɪˈzɪʃn/",
                "audio": "ac/acquisition/acquisition__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘act of acquiring something’): from Latin acquisitio(n-), from the verb acquirere ‘get in addition’, from ad- ‘to’ + quaerere ‘seek’. The English spelling was modified (c.1600) by association with the Latin word."
}