acquainted

Everyday

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 →

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 Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In Isaiah 53 the "man acquainted with disease" is read by many Jewish commentators as the people Israel, suffering among the nations, and not as one person. In the primary 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

• Thou measurest my going about and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. (Writings PSA.139.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• He was despised, and forsaken of men, a man of pains, and acquainted with disease, and as one from whom men hide their face: he was despised, and we esteemed him not. (Prophets ISA.53.3, JPS 1917) 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».