acquired
pronunciation
How to pronounce acquired in British English:
UK [əˈkwaɪəd]
How to pronounce acquired in American English:
US [əˈkwaɪərd]
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- Adjective:
- gotten through environmental forces
Word Origin
- acquired (adj.)
- c. 1600, "gained by effort," past participle adjective from acquire. Of diseases, "occurring after birth, thus not dependent on heredity," 1842 (opposed to congenital). Acquired taste is attested from 1734.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Because some limiting beliefs acquired in childhood stop them .
- 2. That is how weir acquired its modern pronunciation .
- 3. And that-the inheritance of an acquired characteristic-is quite startling .
- 4. Please do not whitewash your inherent faults with your acquired virtues .
- 5. Everything you have acquired of value is locked inside you .