to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own

to acquire property.

to gain for oneself through one's actions or efforts

to acquire learning.

Linguistics . to achieve native or nativelike command of (a language or a linguistic rule or element).

Military . to locate and track (a moving target) with a detector, as radar.

verb

fail , forfeit , forgo , lose , relinquish , surrender , yield

verb

access , achieve , amass , annex , attain , bring in , buy , catch , collect , cop * , corral * , earn , gain , gather , get , get hands on , get hold of , grab , have , hustle , land , latch onto , lock up , pick up , procure , promote , rack up * , scare up , secure , snag * , take , take possession of , wangle * , winnotes:a person or thing is the subject of ( acquire ) the acquiring process; a person or thing is the object or goal of ( accrue ) the accruing process , come by , obtain , win , form , contract , garner , learn , make , reap