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acquaint

[uh-kweynt] / əˈkweɪnt /


Usage

What is another way to say acquaint? Acquaint emphasizes familiarity that arises from bringing persons into social contact: to acquaint oneself with the team. The more general verb introduce refers to making persons known to one another as by announcement of names or by facilitating a meeting: to introduce a friend to one's sister.

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Kassem suggests that new workers acquaint themselves with safety guidelines, and ensure they have proper channels to express concerns.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2025

He now forecasts that about half a gigawatt will be deployed in the second half of 2026, reflecting the time needed to acquaint to new rack architecture.

From MarketWatch Oct. 15, 2025

This is standard fare - an opportunity for 'tracksuit staff' to acquaint themselves with the new coaching team and for the manager to start laying down his philosophy.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2025

The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was acquaint.

From New York Times Apr. 30, 2023

Back when I had first come to Chicago, Frankie had made it his mission to acquaint me with the city.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

It acquaints people with the mechanics of investing and gives them a place to learn without putting real money on the line.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 18, 2026

After a poker game acquaints her with a pair of soldiers, a teasing playfulness also emerges.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2018

Like nothing else, it acquaints women with extremes of feeling.

From Economist Apr. 19, 2018

I remembered how Shakespeare’s Trinculo says, “Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.”

From New York Times Dec. 13, 2012

Its warning cry acquaints the beast with the approach of danger.

From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.

But that conflict quickly fizzles as both parents become acquainted with this robot, whose memories only extend to the information the couple provided.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Samson, who is studying to be a crime analyst, found that it was easy to get acquainted with the older residents.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

While European and other international sports fans are acquainted with ease of foot travel, getting around as a pedestrian is practically impossible in the biggest stadium in the United States’ biggest metro area.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2026

Brokerages are rolling out accounts aimed at teens, giving parents more ways to get kids acquainted with markets before they turn 18.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

The tour of Berkeley would play a critical role in allowing men acquainted chiefly as professional colleagues to take one another’s measure as individuals.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

As the World Cup landed in the U.S. for the first time in three decades, international soccer fans have been acquainting themselves with the distinctly American pleasures of barbecue, highway traffic jams and Texas summers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves," he said, adding Moscow was "acquainting itself" with the joint statement issued in Jeddah.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2025

The multiplatinum album acted as a coming-out-party, acquainting music lovers the world over with the incredible range of his gifts.

From Salon Nov. 15, 2024

A priority, she said, was acquainting family members of the donors with the campus community and the students their loved ones had helped educate.

From New York Times May 31, 2023

Newton replied, thanking Oldenburg ‘for your candour in acquainting me with Mr Hook’s insinuations’ and asking for an opportunity to set the record straight.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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