| verb | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract “She got a lot of paintings from her uncle” |
| verb | take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect “His voice took on a sad tone” |
| verb | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) “He grew a beard” |
| verb | locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar |
| verb | win something through one's efforts “I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese” |
| verb | gain knowledge or skills “She learned dancing from her sister” |
| verb | gain through experience “I acquired a strong aversion to television” |
| getting | noun | the act of acquiring something |
| acquisitive | adjective | eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas |
| acquirable | adjective | capable of being acquired |
| acquiring | noun | the act of acquiring something |
| acquisition | noun | the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge |
| acquirer | noun | a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee |
| development | noun | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level |
| winner | noun | a gambler who wins a bet |
| win | noun | something won (especially money) |
| winnings | noun | something won (especially money) |
| winning | noun | succeeding with great difficulty |
| gainer | noun | a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits) |
| learner | noun | works for an expert to learn a trade |
| evolution | noun | (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms |