Definition of acquaintance

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Acquaintance (n.) A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him..

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Knowledge :: Knowledge (v. i.) That which is gained and preserved by knowing; instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship; erudition.
Gossip :: Gossip (n.) A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.
Society :: Society (n.) The persons, collectively considered, who live in any region or at any period; any community of individuals who are united together by a common bond of nearness or intercourse; those who recognize each other as associates, friends, and acquaintances..
Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance..
Affinity :: Affinity (n.) Companionship; acquaintance.
Cut :: Cut (n.) That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to recognize an acquaintance when meeting him; a slight..
Intelligence :: Intelligence (n.) Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity.
Inacquaintance :: Inacquaintance (a.) Want of acquaintance.
Kith :: Kith (n.) Acquaintance; kindred.
Interknowledge :: Interknowledge (n.) Mutual knowledge or acquaintance.
Acquaintedness :: Acquaintedness (n.) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
Heartlings :: Heartlings (interj.) An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance.
Preacquaintance :: Preacquaintance (n.) Previous acquaintance or knowledge.
Conversance :: Conversance (n.) The state or quality of being conversant; habit of familiarity; familiar acquaintance; intimacy.
Unacquaintance :: Unacquaintance (n.) The quality or state of being unacquainted; want of acquaintance; ignorance.
Exrerience :: Exrerience (v. t.) To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot or fortune of; to have befall one; to be affected by; to feel; as, to experience pain or pleasure; to experience poverty; to experience a change of views..
Present :: Present (a.) To bring or introduce into the presence of some one, especially of a superior; to introduce formally; to offer for acquaintance; as, to present an envoy to the king; (with the reciprocal pronoun) to come into the presence of a superior..
Nonacquaintance :: Nonacquaintance (n.) Want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted.
Acquaintance :: Acquaintance (n.) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
Advance :: Advance (v.) The first step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; -- usually in the plural..
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