Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 9 compound words that contain acquisition. The most common are listed below. Open acquisition in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- data acquisitionThe process of sampling signals that measure real-world physical conditions and converting the resulting samples into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
- Language Acquisition
- Land acquisition
- second-language acquisitionthe process through which individuals learn a second language.
- compulsory acquisitionThe power of a state to expropriate private land within its jurisdiction for public use.
- acquisition timeThe amount of time required to acquire and convert a signal into a data record.
- acquisition prizeSynonym of purchase prize: The prize, in an art competition, of having one's winning artwork purchased.
- Dreyfus model of skill acquisitionA model of how learners can acquire skills through formal instruction and practicing, used in the fields of education and operations research.
- third language acquisitionThe process of individuals who are already multilingual learning additional languages.
- statistical language acquisitionThe study of how individuals, particularly infants, learn language by recognizing statistical patterns in linguistic input.
- acquisition debtAny debt (such as a mortgage) used to buy, build, or substantially improve a primary or secondary residence.
- acquisition timesplural of acquisition time: The amount of time required to acquire and convert a signal into a data record.
- acquisition prizesplural of acquisition prize: The prize, in an art competition, of having one's winning artwork purchased.
- gear acquisition syndromeA tendency to purchase more equipment than justified by usage and/or price.
- acquisition debtsplural of acquisition debt: Any debt (such as a mortgage) used to buy, build, or substantially improve a primary or secondary residence.
- acquisition feeding timeThe amount of time required for a successful acquisition of a virus by its vector for subsequent transmission, in which it then becomes viruliferous.
Compound words 9
- nonacquisitionAbsence of acquisition.
- misacquisitionThe acquiring of something badly or wrongly.
- deacquisitionDeselection, weeding, getting rid of things previously acquired; often, selling them off.
- acquisitionismAn approach to learning that focuses on the individual learner acquiring knowledge.
- acquisitionistA proponent of acquisitionism.
- macroacquisitionThe acquisition of a second language by a speech community.
- postacquisitionFollowing acquisition
- preacquisitionPrior to acquisition
- acquisitionistsplural of acquisitionist: A proponent of acquisitionism.