acquisitive
pronunciation
How to pronounce acquisitive in British English:
UK [əˈkwɪzətɪv]
How to pronounce acquisitive in American English:
US [əˈkwɪzətɪv]
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- Adjective:
- eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
Word Origin
- acquisitive (adj.)
- 1630s, "owned through acquisition," from Latin acquisit-, past participle stem of acquirere (see acquisition) + -ive. Meaning "given to acquisition, avaricious" is from 1826 (implied in acquisitiveness). Related: Acquisitively (1590s).
Example
- 1. Although acquisitive , it avoided big deals before the crash .
- 2. There 's something in the actual act of shopping which makes one acquisitive .
- 3. Remember not to fall back on old acquisitive habits .
- 4. The acquisitive prescription system in french civil law .
- 5. They 're the by-product of an acquisitive society , refuse , that 's all .