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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

The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was acquaint.

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2023

I make it my business to acquaint myself with where objects properly belong in a house.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

“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

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

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

From Economist ● Apr. 19, 2018

A copy of the latter is in the curious library of Mr. Hill, and, as Mr. Park acquaints me, is without any specific edition numbered in the title.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by John Earle

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

Like their predecessors, they meet most weeks for breakfast and were well acquainted before joining the government.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 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

Sometimes they would meet other mutes—there were three of them with whom they became acquainted during the ten years.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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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