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Noun acquisition has 4 senses

acquisition - the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"
--₁ is a kind of acquiring, getting
--₁ has particulars:

Derived form: verb acquire₁

acquisition - something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum"
--₂ is a kind of transferred property, transferred possession
--₂ has particulars: accession, addition; purchase; gift

learning, acquisition - the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"
--₃ is a kind of basic cognitive process
--₃ has particulars:

conditioning; developmental learning; digestion; education; internalization, internalisation, incorporation; imprinting; language learning; memorization, memorisation, committal to memory; study, work; transfer, transfer of training, carry-over

Derived forms: verb acquire₆, verb acquire₁

skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment - an ability that has been acquired by training
--₄ is a kind of ability, power
--₄ has particulars:
craft, craftsmanship, workmanship; horsemanship; marksmanship; literacy; numeracy; oarsmanship; salesmanship; seamanship; showmanship; soldiering, soldiership; swordsmanship

Derived form: verb acquire₆