acquaintance

«acquaintance» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a person you know a little, but who is not a close friend — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an acquaintance, acquaintances)

meaning for a pupil

1) An acquaintance is a person you know a little, but who is not a close friend. tree →

2) Acquaintance is knowledge of something or someone: «I have some acquaintance with French». tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Psalms and Job it means people one knows, whom a suffering person finds pulling away. Interpretation: Tradition reads these as pictures of the loneliness of the righteous sufferer, who is left alone but turns to God. In the primary lessons: In stories and formal speech: «an old acquaintance». In everyday life it is someone you say hello to. Phrases: «make someone's acquaintance» (formal: meet someone), «a nodding acquaintance» (knowing slightly).

examples

• Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. (Writings PSA.88.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me. (Writings JOB.19.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. (Writings PSA.88.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• She is an acquaintance from my swimming club. tree →
• I made his acquaintance at the party. tree →
• He has lots of acquaintances but only a few close friends. tree →
• An old acquaintance of Dad's came to visit. tree →
• I have only a slight acquaintance with chess. tree →
• Pleased to make your acquaintance. tree →
• Acquaintance with evil blinds us to its dangers. tree →

note

Spelling: acq-u-ai-n-t-a-n-c-e (it starts with «acq»). Verb: acquaint; «acquainted with» = knowing. Different from «friend»: an acquaintance is less close. Safety: an acquaintance is not someone to go off with without asking a parent.

In the corpora

• Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
• He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «acquaintance» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.