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# acquainted

«acquainted» in Mova's school dictionary: **acquainted with someone, you know them a little, because…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (acquainted — usually after a verb: be acquainted, get acquainted); also the past form of the verb acquaint (acquaint, acquaints, acquainted, acquainting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) If you are acquainted with someone, you know them a little, because you have met them, but they are not a close friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#m1)

2) If you are acquainted with something, such as a book, a rule or a place, you know about it because you have read it, seen it or used it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#m2)

3) (formal) To get acquainted means to meet and start to know each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

It tells the reader how well people know each other: «acquainted» is less than friends. In formal writing and old stories people are «acquainted» or «introduced». At school: «Get acquainted with the rules before the test.» Phrases: be acquainted with, get acquainted, become acquainted, well acquainted with, acquaint yourself with.

### examples

- Are you two acquainted, or shall I introduce you? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#x1)
- I am acquainted with her brother, but I don't know her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#x2)
- The new pupils spent the first day getting acquainted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#x3)
- Please get acquainted with the fire drill before Monday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#x4)
- Grandad is well acquainted with every path in these woods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#x5)
- We were only slightly acquainted, so I was surprised she remembered my name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#x6)
- Mr Bennet was acquainted with half the families in the village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#x7)
- Before the experiment, acquaint yourself with the safety rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#x8)
- The old woman was evidently well acquainted with Wednesday's ways. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/#x9)

### note

Always followed by «with»: acquainted with someone or something, not «acquainted to». Spelling: acq- (a, c, q): acquainted. Being acquainted is weaker than being friends. The noun is acquaintance: a person you know a little. «Get acquainted» is a bit formal; in everyday speech people say «get to know each other».

### In the corpora

- [Thou measurest my going about and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2527/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «acquainted» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acquainted/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.