What is another word for acquired?
1069 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɐkwˈa͡ɪ͡əd], [ ɐkwˈaɪəd], [ ɐ_k_w_ˈaɪə_d]
Acquired is a word that can be easily replaced by a variety of synonyms, depending on the context in which it is used. "Gained" is a synonym for acquired that refers to obtaining something, such as a new skill or object. "Attained" can also be used to mean achieved or acquired, especially when referring to reaching a goal or obtaining a certain status or position. "Procured" is a synonym for acquired that suggests obtaining something through effort or determination. "Secured" is another synonym for acquired that suggests obtaining something through active or intentional means. Other possible synonyms for "acquired" include "collected," "obtained," "won," and "accomplished".
Synonyms for Acquired:
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adj.
• derivative • possessed • received • taken • all • extrinsic • gained by personal exertion • gained without special exertion • realized -
v.
• acquired- Fetched ,
- Garnered ,
- Incurred ,
- Lured ,
- Palmed ,
- Purchased ,
- Retrieved ,
- Scored ,
- Wrangled ,
- assumed ,
- cornered ,
- heaped ,
- landed ,
- netted .
- Had .
Other synonyms:
- derivative .
Other relevant words:
- absolved ,
- absorb ,
- accede ,
- accept ,
- accomplish ,
- accrue ,
- accumulative ,
- achieve ,
- act as ,
- act out ,
- actualisation ,
- actualization ,
- addition ,
- admit ,
- adopt ,
- adoptive ,
- advance ,
- affiance ,
- age ,
- aim ,
- amaze ,
- amplification ,
- analyse ,
- analyze ,
- ancestor ,
- annoyed ,
- antecedent ,
- apprehension ,
- appropriate ,
- apt ,
- arise ,
- arouse ,
- aroused ,
- arrest ,
- arrive ,
- arrive at ,
- arrogate ,
- ascendant ,
- ascendent ,
- ask ,
- ask for ,
- ask in ,
- ask over ,
- ask round ,
- assay ,
- assume ,
- assure ,
- astonied ,
- astonished ,
- astounded ,
- at a loss ,
- at bay ,
- at sea ,
- attack ,
- attend ,
- autumn ,
- baffle ,
- bailiwick ,
- bank building ,
- banking company ,
- banking concern ,
- base ,
- bask ,
- be on ,
- bear ,
- beat ,
- becharm ,
- befuddled ,
- beget ,
- begin ,
- beginning ,
- beguile ,
- behave ,
- bemused ,
- benefit ,
- bestride ,
- bet ,
- betroth ,
- bewilder ,
- bewitch ,
- bid ,
- bit ,
- blow up ,
- board ,
- booked ,
- borrow ,
- break ,
- breed ,
- bring ,
- bring forth ,
- bring in ,
- bring out ,
- bugger off ,
- build ,
- build up ,
- busy ,
- buy ,
- buy out ,
- buy up ,
- buzz off ,
- calculate ,
- call for ,
- camber ,
- campaign ,
- cant ,
- canvass ,
- capital punishment ,
- capitulation ,
- captivate ,
- captive ,
- careworn ,
- carry ,
- carrying into action ,
- carrying out ,
- catch up with ,
- cause ,
- chance on ,
- chance upon ,
- charm ,
- charter ,
- check ,
- checkered ,
- chequered ,
- choose ,
- civilise ,
- civilize ,
- claim ,
- clear ,
- climb on ,
- closing ,
- clutch ,
- cogitation ,
- cognisance ,
- cognizance ,
- coin bank ,
- collar ,
- come ,
- come across ,
- come along ,
- come down ,
- come in ,
- come on ,
- come upon ,
- commence ,
- compensable ,
- complete ,
- completed ,
- compulsive ,
- compulsory ,
- concept ,
- conception ,
- conditioned ,
- conduct ,
- confounded ,
- confused ,
- congeal ,
- congested ,
- conquer ,
- consciousness ,
- consider ,
- construe ,
- consume ,
- contact ,
- contain ,
- contemplate ,
- contract ,
- control ,
- convey ,
- cook ,
- cotton on ,
- count ,
- counterfeit ,
- crepuscle ,
- crepuscule ,
- crusade ,
- culmination ,
- cultivate ,
- cultivated ,
- cultured ,
- date ,
- dazed ,
- deal ,
- death penalty ,
- declension ,
- declination ,
- decline ,
- declivity ,
- decrease ,
- deed of conveyance ,
- delight ,
- demand ,
- demoniac ,
- demoniacal ,
- depend ,
- deposit ,
- depository financial institution ,
- derivative instrument ,
- derive ,
- derived function ,
- descend ,
- descent ,
- describe ,
- detect ,
- determine ,
- devise ,
- devolve ,
- dictated ,
- differential ,
- differential coefficient ,
- diminish ,
- dip ,
- direct ,
- disadvantaged ,
- discipline ,
- discovered ,
- discredited ,
- disgraced ,
- dishonored ,
- disoriented ,
- disposed ,
- dissemble ,
- distant ,
- distinguish ,
- divine ,
- divulge ,
- doomed ,
- downfall ,
- downslope ,
- draft ,
- draw ,
- draw out ,
- drive ,
- driven ,
- drop ,
- dumbstricken ,
- dumbstruck ,
- dumfounded ,
- dusk ,
- echoic ,
- effected ,
- effectuation ,
- elbow grease ,
- elysian ,
- embark ,
- employ ,
- enactment ,
- enamor ,
- enamour ,
- enchant ,
- encounter ,
- encyclopaedism ,
- endeavour ,
- engross ,
- engrossed ,
- enkindle ,
- enlightened ,
- enquiry ,
- enrol ,
- ensure ,
- enterprise ,
- entrance ,
- envision ,
- enwrapped ,
- equanimous ,
- erudite ,
- eruditeness ,
- escort ,
- essay ,
- established ,
- etymon ,
- evenfall ,
- evoke ,
- evolve ,
- exact ,
- exaggerate ,
- examine ,
- exculpated ,
- executing ,
- execution of instrument ,
- exonerated ,
- expand ,
- experience ,
- explicate ,
- exploit ,
- expose ,
- extract ,
- fabricate ,
- fain ,
- fake ,
- fall down ,
- fall upon ,
- false ,
- familial ,
- fancy ,
- fascinate ,
- father ,
- faux ,
- favorable ,
- favourable ,
- fictitious ,
- fictive ,
- field ,
- field of study ,
- figure ,
- fill ,
- film ,
- find ,
- find out ,
- fire ,
- first derivative ,
- fix ,
- flabbergasted ,
- flow ,
- flummox ,
- formulate ,
- free fall ,
- frozen ,
- fruition ,
- fuck off ,
- fulfilment ,
- full-blown ,
- gain ground ,
- gaining control ,
- garner ,
- gather ,
- gear up ,
- generate ,
- genetic ,
- genteel ,
- germinate ,
- get a line ,
- get ahead ,
- get along ,
- get along with ,
- get down ,
- get in ,
- get into ,
- get it ,
- get on with ,
- get onto ,
- get through ,
- get under one's skin ,
- get up ,
- get wind ,
- get wise ,
- get word ,
- getting ,
- gimmick ,
- give away ,
- gloaming ,
- go ,
- go down ,
- go in ,
- go into ,
- go out ,
- go steady ,
- go through ,
- grab ,
- gravel ,
- groom ,
- grow ,
- guide ,
- guilty ,
- haggard ,
- hang ,
- hangdog ,
- happen upon ,
- haul ,
- have ,
- hear ,
- helpless ,
- hereditary ,
- highly-developed ,
- hire ,
- hit the books ,
- hitch ,
- hold ,
- hop on ,
- human action ,
- human activity ,
- hyperbolise ,
- hyperbolize ,
- identify ,
- image ,
- imitation ,
- in use ,
- inadvertent ,
- incidental ,
- inclined ,
- inclusion ,
- increase ,
- incur ,
- indication ,
- induce ,
- infix ,
- inflate ,
- ingest ,
- inscribe ,
- insert ,
- instruction execution ,
- insure ,
- intent ,
- intermeshed ,
- interpret ,
- interpretation ,
- interpreted ,
- interrogation ,
- introduce ,
- involve ,
- issue ,
- jam-packed ,
- jammed ,
- jump on ,
- key ,
- key out ,
- kindle ,
- knowing ,
- knowingness ,
- knowledgeable ,
- lacy ,
- larn ,
- latch on ,
- lead ,
- learn ,
- learnedness ,
- lease ,
- lessen ,
- let ,
- let on ,
- let out ,
- lettered ,
- leverage ,
- light ,
- light upon ,
- lock ,
- look ,
- look at ,
- love ,
- luck into ,
- machinate ,
- magnify ,
- make ,
- make grow ,
- make headway ,
- make out ,
- mandatory ,
- manufacture ,
- match ,
- maturate ,
- mature ,
- mazed ,
- meditate ,
- meet ,
- merchant bank ,
- merit ,
- mesh ,
- meshed ,
- metagrabolised ,
- metagrabolized ,
- metagrobolised ,
- metagrobolized ,
- meter reading ,
- miffed ,
- minded ,
- missed ,
- mixed-up ,
- modernise ,
- modernize ,
- money box ,
- moneymaking ,
- mop up ,
- mother ,
- mount ,
- mount up ,
- move ,
- move into ,
- movement ,
- murder ,
- muster in ,
- mystify ,
- name ,
- necessitate ,
- need ,
- needed ,
- needful ,
- netlike ,
- nettled ,
- nightfall ,
- nonessential ,
- nonplus ,
- nonplused ,
- notice ,
- number ,
- observe ,
- observed ,
- obsessed ,
- obtain ,
- obtention ,
- occupied ,
- occupy ,
- off ,
- onomatopoeic ,
- onomatopoeical ,
- onomatopoetic ,
- operate ,
- ordain ,
- organise ,
- organize ,
- origin ,
- originate ,
- overdraw ,
- overhear ,
- overstate ,
- overtake ,
- pack ,
- paid ,
- pander ,
- participate ,
- pass ,
- pass completion ,
- pay back ,
- pay for ,
- pay off ,
- payoff ,
- peeved ,
- performance ,
- perplex ,
- perusing ,
- pick out ,
- pick up ,
- picture ,
- pimp ,
- pin ,
- pinch ,
- pissed ,
- pissed off ,
- plagiarised ,
- play ,
- playact ,
- plight ,
- poised ,
- polite ,
- poring over ,
- pose ,
- postulate ,
- precipitate ,
- precondition ,
- preoccupied ,
- presumption ,
- pretend ,
- pretended ,
- proceeds ,
- procural ,
- procurance ,
- produce ,
- profit ,
- progress ,
- project ,
- prosecute ,
- provoke ,
- pull ahead ,
- pull in ,
- pursue ,
- put down ,
- put on ,
- puzzle ,
- query ,
- question ,
- raddled ,
- radical ,
- raise ,
- reach ,
- read ,
- reading material ,
- ready ,
- realisation ,
- realise ,
- realised ,
- realize ,
- receive ,
- recital ,
- recitation ,
- reckon ,
- recognise ,
- recognised ,
- recognition ,
- recognize ,
- recognized ,
- reconstruct ,
- record ,
- recrudesce ,
- recruit ,
- reenact ,
- regard ,
- relieve ,
- relish ,
- rely ,
- remote ,
- remove ,
- rent ,
- repeat ,
- report ,
- represent ,
- require ,
- requisite ,
- research ,
- retrace ,
- return ,
- reveal ,
- revel ,
- rigid ,
- riled ,
- rise ,
- roiled ,
- roleplay ,
- root word ,
- rootage ,
- rootle ,
- rout ,
- routine ,
- run ,
- run across ,
- run into ,
- salaried ,
- savings bank ,
- savor ,
- savour ,
- school ,
- scram ,
- secure ,
- see to it ,
- seek ,
- seize ,
- seizure ,
- select ,
- self-collected ,
- self-contained ,
- self-possessed ,
- senesce ,
- sentience ,
- set ,
- set about ,
- set out ,
- set up ,
- set-aside ,
- settle ,
- settle down ,
- sham ,
- shamefaced ,
- shape up ,
- shine ,
- shoot ,
- sire ,
- sketch ,
- skill ,
- slaying ,
- snap ,
- snatch ,
- solution ,
- sophistication ,
- sour ,
- source ,
- spawn ,
- spill ,
- spot ,
- spring up ,
- standard ,
- start ,
- start out ,
- steady down ,
- steamed ,
- stem ,
- stick ,
- stimulate ,
- stipendiary ,
- stirred ,
- stirred up ,
- stop ,
- strike ,
- strive ,
- studying ,
- stung ,
- stunned ,
- stupefy ,
- stupid ,
- subject ,
- subject area ,
- subject field ,
- submit ,
- subscribe ,
- subscribe to ,
- suffer ,
- suit ,
- surrender ,
- survey ,
- sustain ,
- swear ,
- sweat ,
- take aim ,
- take away ,
- take care ,
- take hold of ,
- take in ,
- take on ,
- take root ,
- take up ,
- taking into custody ,
- takings ,
- tell apart ,
- tempt ,
- tending ,
- test ,
- theme ,
- thunderstruck ,
- title ,
- traditional knowledge ,
- train ,
- trance ,
- transmissible ,
- trapped ,
- travail ,
- treed ,
- trial run ,
- tribulation ,
- trip up ,
- try ,
- tryout ,
- tumble ,
- turn ,
- twig ,
- twilight ,
- uncover ,
- understand ,
- undertake ,
- unwrap ,
- uprise ,
- use up ,
- usurp ,
- version ,
- vex ,
- view ,
- vindicated ,
- visit ,
- visitation ,
- visualise ,
- visualize ,
- wage ,
- watch ,
- webbed ,
- webby ,
- weblike ,
- well-educated ,
- well-read ,
- win ,
- windup ,
- withdraw ,
- witness ,
- work ,
- worn ,
- wrapped ,
- writ of execution ,
- written report ,
- yield .
- Achieved ,
- Asked ,
- Caused ,
- Commenced ,
- Conned ,
- Created ,
- Demanded ,
- Donned ,
- Dramatized ,
- Encountered ,
- Engendered ,
- Espoused ,
- Evolved ,
- Exacted ,
- Explicated ,
- Extracted ,
- Farmed ,
- Fathered ,
- Followed ,
- Gained ,
- Gainful ,
- Generated ,
- Happened ,
- Memorized ,
- Mothered ,
- Necessitated ,
- Originated ,
- Picked ,
- Profited ,
- Recruited ,
- Sired ,
- Submitted ,
- Suffered ,
- Tackled ,
- Watched ,
- accept a gift ,
- accidental ,
- accomplished ,
- accomplishment ,
- achievement ,
- acquire ,
- acquirement ,
- acquirer ,
- acquiring ,
- acquisition ,
- acquisition of knowledge ,
- acquisitive ,
- act ,
- adopted ,
- advantageous ,
- adventitious ,
- amazed ,
- amplify ,
- arrested ,
- arrogated ,
- ascertain ,
- ascertained ,
- attain ,
- attainment ,
- attempt ,
- awareness ,
- baffled ,
- bank ,
- bear a grudge ,
- become ,
- bewildered ,
- capture ,
- catch ,
- catch on ,
- checked ,
- civilised ,
- civilized ,
- cleared ,
- come over ,
- completion ,
- comprehension ,
- conducted ,
- conquered ,
- considered ,
- construct ,
- consumed ,
- contracted ,
- conveyed ,
- copied ,
- create ,
- deed ,
- deserve ,
- determined ,
- develop ,
- developed ,
- directed ,
- discern ,
- disclose ,
- discover ,
- dramatised ,
- drawn ,
- dumbfound ,
- dumbfounded ,
- earn ,
- earned ,
- edification ,
- educate ,
- educated ,
- educe ,
- effort ,
- elicit ,
- enact ,
- endeavor ,
- engage ,
- engaged ,
- engender ,
- enjoy ,
- enlist ,
- enroll ,
- enter ,
- enter upon ,
- erudition ,
- execution ,
- exertion ,
- experienced ,
- extrinsic ,
- fall ,
- feat ,
- feigned ,
- fetch ,
- filled ,
- filmed ,
- fixed ,
- flummoxed ,
- formed ,
- formulated ,
- fulfillment ,
- gain ,
- get ,
- get hold of ,
- get on ,
- guided ,
- imitative ,
- implementation ,
- induced ,
- inherited ,
- inquiry ,
- instructed ,
- invite ,
- irritated ,
- jell ,
- lapped up ,
- learned ,
- learning ,
- lore ,
- lucrative ,
- matured ,
- modernised ,
- modernized ,
- mystified ,
- nonheritable ,
- noninheritable ,
- nonplussed ,
- obsoleted ,
- obtainment ,
- packed ,
- paying ,
- perplexed ,
- perusal ,
- plagiaristic ,
- plagiarized ,
- played ,
- prepare ,
- prepared ,
- presumed ,
- procure ,
- procurement ,
- produced ,
- profitable ,
- purchase ,
- puzzled ,
- reading ,
- realization ,
- removed ,
- remunerative ,
- required ,
- root ,
- scholarship ,
- second hand ,
- see ,
- selected ,
- self-instruction ,
- shamed ,
- simulated ,
- started ,
- stimulated ,
- study ,
- stupefied ,
- subscribed ,
- take ,
- take over ,
- trained ,
- trial ,
- turned ,
- unoriginal ,
- vested .
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How to use "Acquired" in context?
The word "acquired" means "to obtain by buying or receiving"; it can refer to an experience, skill, or knowledge that someone has acquired through experience or learning. Acquired skills and knowledge can be valuable assets, and can help someone become more successful in their career or personal life.
Acquired skills and knowledge can be useful in a variety of settings. For example, someone who has acquired skills in accounting may be eligible for a job in finance, or a set of skills in accounting may be valuable for someone who wants to start their own business.
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
Gained.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
AFTER-ACQUIRED.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
committed, established, learned, vested.
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Noun, plural
Gains, Achievements, Learnings, understandings, accomplishments, attainments, successes, tenets, manuals, backgrounds, givens.
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Noun, singular or mass
syndrome.
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Verb, past tense
accepted, access, added, addressed, adopted, agreed, ali, arranged, assembled, assumed, attained, become, booked, built, buy, category, class, clinched, column, committed, completed, conferred, conquered, contracted, controlled, derived, deserved, determined, develop, discovered, drew, elicited, empowered, endowed, engaged, enlisted, enterprise, equipped, established, experienced, expropriated, faced, felt, filled, finished, found, gain, graduated, heard, held, hired, identified, implemented, included, infected, inherited, initiated, injured, invested, jack, joined, kept, learned, led, lf, locked, made, marked, master, moved, observed, owned, paid, played, pointed, produced, promulgated, pursued, put, qualified, raised, read, realized, received, reclaimed, recorded, recovered, reflected, registered, remembered, required, revealed, satisfied, secured, seized, sensed, sighted, sold, sought, spent, spotted, struck, stuck, studied, syndrome, taught, tested, thought, turned, understood, undertaking, used, vested, view, wanted, won, wounded, Acceded, Accounted, Achieved, Achieving, Acted, Aimed, Arrived, Attracted, Awarded, Was, Became, Benefited, Bought, Bribed, Brought, Came, Captured, Carried, Caught, Claimed, Dealt, Delivered, Demanded, Deployed, Did, Donned, Emerged, Enacted, Encountered, Enjoyed, Entered, Extracted, Gained, Garnered, Gave, Generated, Went, Got, Grabbed, Grew, Had, Happened, Incurred, Instituted, Introduced, Issued, Looked, Managed, Met, Occurred, Offered, Participated, Passed, Performed, Picked, Rated, Reached, Resulted, Retrieved, Scored, Took, Towards, Undertook, Urged, Were, Worked, Yielded, Computed, Created, Procured, Prompted, Purchased, Provided, Succeeded, Supplied, Persons, grasped, accessed, showed, ensured, allocated, requisitioned, recouped, repurchased, regained, recaptured, 'vedeveloped.
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Verb, past participle
absorbed, accepted, access, accomplished, accrued, accumulated, acknowledged, added, addressed, admitted, adopted, advised, agreed, ali, allotted, amassed, applied, appointed, appropriated, approved, arranged, assembled, assigned, associated, assumed, assured, attained, attended, backed, based, become, booked, broken, built, calculated, cashed, cast, charged, coated, collapsed, combined, come, commissioned, committed, completed, composed, concluded, condemned, conducted, conquered, considered, consolidated, constituted, consumed, contained, contracted, controlled, cost, covered, credited, crowned, deducted, demonstrated, derived, designed, desired, destined, determined, devoted, directed, discovered, distributed, documented, done, drawn, dressed, driven, effected, elicited, employed, empowered, endorsed, endowed, engaged, enhanced, entitled, equipped, established, estimated, excused, executed, expanded, expected, experienced, exploited, expressed, expropriated, extended, faced, failed, fallen, filled, finished, fired, fixed, forfeited, formed, fortified, found, founded, fulfilled, fund, funded, furnished, gain, get, gone, graduated, grown, guaranteed, have, heard, held, hidden, hired, identified, implemented, imported, imposed, impressed, included, incorporated, increased, induced, infected, informed, initiated, inscribed, intended, invested, joined, justified, kept, knowledge, known, learn, learned, leased, led, left, listed, looted, lost, made, maintained, manned, manufactured, marked, married, mastered, matured, measured, mined, mistaken, modified, moved, needed, netted, observed, opened, ordered, organised, owed, owned, paid, painted, paved, permitted, placed, played, pleased, pointed, possessed, predicted, preserved, printed, produced, proved, pulled, pursued, put, raised, realised, realized, received, reclaimed, recognised, recognized, recorded, recovered, redeemed, reflected, registered, reinforced, released, removed, repeated, requested, required, resolved, retained, revealed, risen, rolled, satisfied, saved, scheduled, secured, seen, seized, sent, serviced, settled, shot, shouldered, shrunk, signed, sold, sought, spread, stored, struck, structured, stuck, studied, subscribed, subsidised, subsidized, sustained, taken, taught, tested, thought, traded, trained, transmitted, trapped, treated, turned, understood, uptake, used, vested, wanted, warranted, witnessed, won, Acceded, Accorded, Accounted, Achieved, Acted, Adhered, Afforded, Aimed, Allowed, Answered, Arrived, Assessed, Assimilated, Attracted, Attributed, Awarded, Been, Borne, Begun, Benefited, Borrowed, Bought, Bred, Bribed, Brought, Captured, Carried, Caught, Caused, Claimed, Dealt, Deemed, Delivered, Detained, Died, Drafted, Embarked, Embraced, Emerged, Enabled, Enacted, Enjoyed, Enriched, Enshrined, Entered, Equated, Evolved, Exacted, Exempted, Explained, Extracted, Fitted, Flown, Followed, Forwarded, Gained, Generated, Gotten, Gleaned, Got, Had, Happened, Harvested, Helped, Incurred, Inserted, Instituted, Introduced, Issued, Killed, Launched, Levied, Likened, Logged, Looked, Managed, Met, Mobilized, Negotiated, Occurred, Offered, Operated, Orderable, Participated, Passed, Performed, Persuaded, Picked, Rated, Reached, Reaped, Recruited, Regarded, Rendered, Rented, Resulted, Resumed, Retrieved, Returned, Rewarded, S, Scored, Shopped, Shown, Targeted, Told, Transferred, Undergone, Undertaken, Worked, Yielded, Collated, Commanded, Communicated, Commuted, Compiled, Comprised, Computed, Constructed, Consulted, Contributed, Convened, Created, Procured, Prompted, Purchased, Provided, Pushed, Subjected, started, Submitted, Succeeded, Suffered, Supplemented, Supplied, grasped, accessed, hijacked, finalized, stockpiled, circulated, ensured, allocated, recouped, withheld, sampled, HIT, GOTTA, salvaged, leveraged, repurchased, staffed, regained, recaptured, reunited, sourced, resourced, monitored, reacquired, grandfathered, follow-up.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
accrued, Purchased, acquisitions.
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Noun, plural
acquisitions.
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Proper noun, singular
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