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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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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

While productions regularly outlive their creators in opera or in dance, it happens much more rarely in contemporary theater, and “Pain” is a welcome opportunity for younger theatergoers to acquaint themselves with Chéreau’s dramatic work.

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022

“You did not acquaint me with that fact this morning, Madame la Comtesse.”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

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

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

"An April Memory" acquaints us with W. Frank Booker, a gifted lyrist whose lines possess all the warmth, witchery and grace of his native Southland.

From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft

The prosecutor alleged he was acquainted there with an organisation known as "My Centre" managed by a Lebanese man called Abu Hamza.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

He also became well acquainted with orthopedist Frank Jobe, the team physician.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 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 had become acquainted with Revere by 1763, and purchased things from him, mostly small silver frames, but the relationship did not last beyond 1770, the year of the Boston Massacre.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

“Yes, in etheric physics. They’re not acquainted with the subject when they come here.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

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

Vaccines work by acquainting the immune system with a virus well enough to prompt a defense against it.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 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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