Aquire or acquire?
Did you mean acquire? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: acquire. Misspelling: aquire.
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Memory tip
A silent C hides before the Q, as in acquit and acquaint: ac-quire.
Why people write “aquire”
The misspelling “aquire” is only one letter off: it leaves out the C.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make acquire automatic.
Other misspellings of “acquire”
People also write “adquire”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“adquire”
Correct spelling: acquire. Misspelling: adquire.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “adquire” is only one letter off: it uses D in place of C.
What does “acquire” mean?
acquire verb
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
“She got a lot of paintings from her uncle”
Synonyms:get
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
“His voice took on a sad tone”
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
“He grew a beard”
- locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Acquire” in a sentence
- The museum hopes to acquire the painting.
- She got a lot of paintings from her uncle.
- His voice took on a sad tone.
- He grew a beard.
Is “acquire” a playable word?
18 points in Scrabble · 20 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“aquire” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from ACQUIRE.