To make sb's acquaintance conocer a algn; I am very glad to make your acquaintance tengo mucho gusto en conocerlo; a plumber of my acquaintance un fontanero que conozco; I don't have the honour of her acquaintance no tengo el honor de conocerla; it improves on acquaintance mejora a medida que lo vas conociendo; on closer or further acquaintance it seems less. » Very nice to make your virtual acquaintance; Get Email Updates. Email this Topic. Print this Page. Reply Tue 8 Jun, 2010 08:12 pm Hello there.

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ac·quain·tance

(ə-kwān′təns)n.1.

a. Knowledge of a person acquired by a relationship less intimate than friendship.

b. A relationship based on such knowledge: struck up an acquaintance with our new neighbor.

3. Knowledge or information about something or someone: has a passing acquaintance with Chinese history.

Idiom: make (someone's) acquaintance

To meet someone for the first time: I made his acquaintance at a business conference.

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acquaintance

(əˈkweɪntəns) n

1. a person with whom one has been in contact but who is not a close friend

2. knowledge of a person or thing, esp when slight

3. make the acquaintance of to come into social contact with

5. (Philosophy) philosophy the relation between a knower and the object of his knowledge, as contrasted with knowledge by description (esp in the phrase knowledge by acquaintance)

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ac•quaint•ance

(əˈkweɪn tns)
n.

1. a person known to one, but usu. not a close friend.

3. personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.

4. (used with a pl. v.) the persons with whom one is acquainted.

Also, ac•quaint′ance•ship` (for defs. 2,3).

syn: acquaintance, associate, companion, friend refer to a person with whom one is in contact. An acquaintance is a person one knows, though not intimately: a casual acquaintance at school. An associate is a person who is often in one's company, usu. because of some work or pursuit in common: a business associate. A companion is a person who shares one's activities or fortunes; the term usu. suggests a familiar relationship: a traveling companion; a companion in despair. A friend is a person with whom one is on intimate terms and for whom one feels a warm affection: a trusted friend.

Noun	1.	acquaintance - personal knowledge or information about someone or something conversance, conversancy, familiarity information - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
2.	acquaintance - a relationship less intimate than friendship relationship - a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
3.	acquaintance - a person with whom you are acquainted; 'I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances'; 'we are friends of the family' individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; 'there was too much for one person to do' bunkmate - someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself campmate - someone who lives in the same camp you do connection - (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); 'he has powerful connections' homeboy - a male friend from your neighborhood or hometown messmate - (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the same mess (as on a ship) pickup - a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships class fellow, classmate, schoolfellow, schoolmate - an acquaintance that you go to school with stranger, unknown, alien - anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found stranger - an individual that one is not acquainted with

acquaintance

noun

1.associate, contact, ally, colleague, comrade, confrèreHe exchanged a few words with the man, an old acquaintance of his.
associategood friend, intimate, buddy, main man(slang, chiefly U.S.)

2.relationship, association, exchange, connection, intimacy, fellowship, familiarity, companionship, social contact, cognizance, conversance, conversancyHe becomes involved in a real murder mystery through his acquaintance with a police officer.
relationshipignorance, unfamiliarity

Quotations
'Should auld acquaintance be forgot,'
'And never brought to mind?' [Robert Burns Auld Lang Syne]
'I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance' [Dr. Johnson]
'acquaintance: a person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to' [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary]

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

acquaintance

noun

1. A person whom one knows casually:

2. Personal knowledge derived from participation or observation:

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acquaintance

[əˈkweɪntəns]N

1. (with person) → relaciónf; (with subject etc) → conocimientom
to make sb's acquaintance → conocer a algn
I am very glad to make your acquaintance → tengo mucho gusto en conocerlo
a plumber of my acquaintance → un fontanero que conozco
I don't have the honour of her acquaintance → no tengo el honor de conocerla
it improves on acquaintance → mejoraa medida que lo vasconociendo
on closer or further acquaintance it seems less attractive → al conocerlo mejortiene menos atracción
to renew (one's) acquaintance with sb → reanudar la amistad con algn
see alsonodC4

2. (= person) → conocido/a m/f
an acquaintance of mine → un conocido mío
we're just acquaintances → nos conocemosligeramente nada más
we're old acquaintances → nos conocemosdesde hace tiempo
to have a wide circle of acquaintances → conocer a muchas personas

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