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acquaint

[uh-kwaynt] / 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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Let’s acquaint ourselves with Article 1, Section 5 of the Constitution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026

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

That is all the invitation they need to acquaint themselves with the goods in a way they are rarely permitted at serious institutions.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2024

It gives me further pleasure to acquaint you that this degree was unanimously voted by the Corporation of the University, and unanimously confirmed by the Overseers....

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

Learning about the work of Jesus Christ acquaints them with suffering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

While Savage centers on compelling menace Phil Burbank, the book’s free indirect narration acquaints us intimately with a host of minor characters — part of the story’s rich pleasure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2022

It reminds you of an extraordinary feat and acquaints you with an interesting, enigmatic man.

From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2018

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

From Economist ● Apr. 19, 2018

In the first place it provides the materials for an estimate of the character and scope of Hazlitt’s contributions to criticism and so acquaints students with one of the greatest of English critics.

From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Jacob Zeitlin

He is also an art lover and spent quite a bit of time getting acquainted with the city’s thriving arts ecosystem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Greece is well acquainted with the trend, after hit musical "Mamma Mia", filmed on the island of Skopelos, triggered a jump in American visitors.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

We can’t live our lives to the extreme all the time, but we can do ourselves a favor and become better acquainted with exactly what we want and how to get it.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 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

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

And acting, finally, is a way of acquainting us with the strangeness of being human.

From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2021

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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