Definition of Acquaintance
Acquaintance
ac·quain·tance
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
a person's experience, familiarity, or knowledge of something;
e.g. He has a good acquaintance with Latin because he studied it in college.
(noun)
a person's slight friendship or familiarity with someone, a person's knowledge of someone;
e.g. I made my acquaintance with my new neighbor.
(noun)
someone who a person knows slightly but not well, someone with whom one is familiar but not friends;
e.g. She is my acquaintance who I know because we regularly rode the same bus.
(noun)
collectively, the people with whom one is familiar but not friends;
e.g. I have a few doctors in my acquaintance and I turn to them when I have minor health questions.
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