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acquaintance
(/@/'kw/eI/nt/-/ns )

noun (n)

  • personal knowledge or information about someone or something(noun.cognition)
    source: wordnet30
  • a relationship less intimate than friendship(noun.state)
    source: wordnet30
  • a person with whom you are acquainted(noun.person)
    Example:
    I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances.
    Synonym:
    friend
    Antonym:
    stranger
    source: wordnet30
  • A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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