acquainted with (someone/something)



acquainted with (someone/something)

1. Having met someone, but not knowing them well. I'm just acquainted with Daniel because we have many friends in common. Are you acquainted with my sister? I can't remember if you two met before.
2. Knowledgeable about or familiar with something. I need to become acquainted with the rules of this game. Dale is acquainted with the new procedure for data entry, so he will show it to you.
See also: acquainted

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Montanamahn-TAN-əEnglish (Modern)
Madona-Georgian
Burger['bə:gə]
MartinMAHR-tən (English), mar-TEN (French), MAHR-teen (German, Finnish), MAHR-tin (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish), MAWR-teen (Hungarian), mahr-TIN (Bulgarian)English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croa
LiisaLEE:-sah (Finnish)Finnish, Estonian
Boran-Turkish