acquisition
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the acquisition of something for paymentsynonyms: achat
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the act of getting possession of somethingsynonyms: achat, nouvel achat
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something acquiredtypes:adjonctionsomething added to what you already haveachatsomething acquired by purchaseaffairean advantageous purchasedotmoney or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriagegénérosité, largeur d'esprit, magnanimitéa gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiouslycadeausomething presented as a giftdona gift that is bestowed or conferredtype of:échangea possession whose ownership changes or lapses
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something acquired by purchase
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the act of achieving an aimtypes:recordan extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)record du mondethe best record in the whole worldcartonsomething that exactly succeeds in achieving its goaltype of:
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the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledgesynonyms: apprentissagetypes:conditionnementa learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environmentapprentissage empiriquelearning that takes place as a normal part of cognitive developmentéducationthe gradual process of acquiring knowledgeétudeapplying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)déplacementapplication of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situationadaptationin the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of realityautodidaxiethe process of educating yourselfécolethe process of being formally educated at a schoolenseignement spécialeducation of physically or mentally handicapped children whose needs cannot be met in an ordinary classroomenseignement professionnel, formation professionnelletraining for a specific vocation in industry or agriculture or tradetype of:processus cognitif de basecognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge
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the act of acquiring somethingtypes:appropriationa deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owneroccupationthe act of occupying or taking possession of a buildingachatthe acquisition of something for paymentprisethe act of taking possession of or power over somethingprise de possessionthe taking possession of something by legal processconquêtethe act of conqueringrachatacquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock
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