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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

The stage has just been built for the first time, and he's eager to acquaint himself with all the ramps and video walls.

From BBC Jan. 21, 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

“Egon Schiele: Living Landscapes” is a stirring, deeply engrossing show that acquaints us with a long-hidden part of the artist’s career.

From New York Times Nov. 21, 2024

The book’s through line — such as it is — acquaints us with those Philpott holds dear, often by way of their maladies: her daughter’s asthma; her husband’s autoimmune condition; her father’s cardiac disease.

From Washington Post Apr. 11, 2022

As William Shakespeare wrote, “Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 16, 2019

James Hardy acquaints his friends, that he has lately had a large quantity of preserves. 

From Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations by Madders, S. S.

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

Brontë was born in 1818 into a household acquainted with grief; her mother died in 1821 and her two eldest siblings within weeks of each other in 1825.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

Zampolli, who was acquainted with Epstein through the modeling world and also appears in the Epstein documents, said that it was no surprise that Melania Trump would have come across Epstein and Maxwell.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

He was much better acquainted with the fate of a tribe of first cousins who had wandered away north in a diversionary movement and pushed inadvertently into Canada.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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

By acquainting himself with India so that whenever he tours India, it's easier for him.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2026

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

“They are currently in the phase of acquainting themselves with each other,” YG told Yonhap.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 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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