ACQUIRING as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the act of acquiring something
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • I envied his talent for acquiring
    • he’’s much more interested in the getting than in the giving
    Hypernyms(s) acquiring is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)