acquainted
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 →
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 →
3) (formal) To get acquainted means to meet and start to know each other. tree →
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 →
- I am acquainted with her brother, but I don't know her. tree →
- The new pupils spent the first day getting acquainted. tree →
- Please get acquainted with the fire drill before Monday. tree →
- Grandad is well acquainted with every path in these woods. tree →
- We were only slightly acquainted, so I was surprised she remembered my name. tree →
- Mr Bennet was acquainted with half the families in the village. tree →
- Before the experiment, acquaint yourself with the safety rules. tree →
- The old woman was evidently well acquainted with Wednesday's ways. tree →
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
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «acquainted» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.