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Definitions: Acquisition |
AcquisitionNoun1. The act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another". 2. Something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum". 3. The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language". 4. An ability that has been acquired by training. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "acquisition" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Acquisition \Ac`qui*si"tion\, noun. [Latin expression acquisitio, from acquirere: compare to the French expression acquisition. See Acquire.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | 1. The process of locating the orbit of a satellite or trajectory of a space probe so that tracking or telemetry data can be gathered.2. The process of pointing an antenna or telescope so that it is properly oriented to allow gathering of tracking or telemetry data from a satellite or space probe. (references) |
Economics | The act of becoming owner of a property. In finance, it is the purchase of a company's assets or its common stock. (references) |
Information | The process of identifying a desired item verifying a need, selecting a proper source and ordering. May include order follow-up, receiving and paying. Source: European Union. (references) |
Law | The taking over by one business of control of another through the acquisition of the whole or the major part of its equity capital. Source: European Union. (references) |
Post & Telecom | The process of locking a radar beam onto an object to permit automatic tracking. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
1. In satellite communications, the process of locking tracking equipment on a signal from a communications satellite.
2. The process of achieving synchronization.
3. In servo systems, the process of entering the boundary conditions that will allow the servo loop to capture the signal and achieve lock-on.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188
In the business sense, acquisition is when one company purchases another; see takeover.
Acquisition is also the name of a software serving as a Gnutella client for Mac OS X. Based on Acquisition's code is the free GPL'd "acqlite," also for Mac OS X.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Acquisition."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| AC | English | Acquisition Corps | Military & Defense |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: AcquisitionSynonyms: accomplishment (n), acquirement (n), attainment (n), learning (n), skill (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Acquisition | Noun: acquisition; gaining; Verb: obtainment; procuration, procurement; purchase, descent, inheritance; gift. |
Greed | Noun: covetousness, ravenousness; Adjective: venality, avidity, cupidity; acquisitiveness (acquisition); desire. |
Learning | Noun: learning; acquisition of knowledge; acquisition of skill; acquirement, attainment; edification, scholarship, erudition; acquired knowledge, lore, wide information; self-instruction; study, reading, perusal; inquiry. |
Receiving | Noun: receiving; Verb: acquisition; reception; (introduction); suscipiency, acceptance, admission. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | 40 x 80 Foot Data Acquisition System.Credit: NASA. |  | Inside the Clean Air Facility. The Computer Data Acquisition System. A 64K Digital Corporation computer interfaced to a teletype.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | The Instrument Control and Data Acquisition System (ICDAS).Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Fort Mott on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River near an area being considered for acquisition.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | The Command and Data Acquisition (CDA) station at Wallops Island. Large antenna on left receives TIROS TV imagery. Immediately to the right of this antenna is a smaller antenna that receives and transmits navigation and control commands.Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | The Gillmore Creek Command and Data Acquisition facility. This site is 13 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska.Credit: NOAA in Space. |
 | Dr. Lawrence Delaney, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, discusses various flight test programs at Edwards Air Force Base with Col. Perry Lamy, 412th Test Wing commander. (P.; photo by Kevin Robertson).. |  | The Empire and Cienega ranches, along with portions of the adjacent Rose Tree Ranch, were acquired by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in June 1988. BLM's acquisition included rolling grasslands and woodlands.Credit: Unknown. |
 | Acquisition Division.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | [Staff of the Acquisition Division].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Charles Caleb Colton | Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books. |
Hesiod | Acquisition means life to miserable mortals. |
Metastasio | Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The construction or acquisition of any submarine, even for commercial purposes, shall be forbidden in Germany. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | To such a professional body Roger Chillingworth was a brilliant acquisition. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Unclear knowledge of acquisition of MAC from the environment. (references) | |
Quality control of data acquisition and analysis was excellent. (references) | ||
The first 3 years of life are the most important for speech and language acquisition. (references) | ||
Business | It led to the acquisition of Home Cable and Smartcom. (references) | |
This is due to the high cost of the acquisition of new machinery. (references) | ||
AEB supervises the testing and evaluation phase of the acquisition process. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Belgium | Also in 2000, Parliament amended the nationality code to facilitate the acquisition of Belgian citizenship. (references) |
Discrimination | Sierra Leone | The Constitution prohibits discrimination against women and provides for protection against discrimination on the basis of race and ethnicity; however, residents of non-African descent, particularly the Lebanese community, face institutionalized political restrictions, namely the acquisition of citizenship. (references) |
Economic History | Bulgaria | Bulgarian law protects the acquisition and disposition of property rights. (references) |
Human Rights | Zimbabwe | In June 2000, the Government designated 841 farms for compulsory acquisition, giving those farm owners 1 month to appeal. (references) |
Zimbabwe | There is widespread public support for land reform; however, there are problems with implementation of the Land Acquisition Act (Land Act). (references) | |
Zimbabwe | On December 2, in a widely criticized four to one ruling, the Supreme Court ruled that the Government's land acquisition and reform program was constitutional and was being implemented legally. (references) | |
Minorities | Japan | By law aliens with 5 years of continuous residence are eligible for naturalization and the simultaneous acquisition of citizenship rights, including the right to vote; however, in practice most eligible aliens choose not to apply for citizenship, in part due to fears that their cultural identity would be lost. (references) |
Political Economy | Syria | The U.S. also remains concerned about possible Syrian acquisition of weapons of mass destruction. (references) |
MEXICO | With this year's Citigroup acquisition of Banamex, foreigners now control about 80 percent of the banking industry. (references) | |
Trade | Korea | Local taxes (acquisition tax, registration and property tax) can also be waived for 8-15 years in accordance with a decree by local authorities. (references) |
Senegal | The West African Development Bank granted a CFA 6 billion loan in early 2001 to Senelec, the national power company, for the acquisition of a 20 MW turbine. (references) | |
Brazil | BNDES's main credit activities are financing of Fixed investment; Brazilian export of goods and services; acquisition and leasing of machinery and equipment. (references) | |
Travel | South Africa | In addition to crime and security information, the CABB will contain data on a variety of consular subjects, including passports for U.S. citizens, emergencies involving U.S. citizens abroad, visas for foreigners wishing to come to the United States, acquisition and loss of U.S. citizenship, international adoptions and entry requirements for Americans wishing to travel to other countries. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | The mission of business, after all, is to fund government operations with ever-increasing taxes, and facilitate the welfare state's acquisition of government goodies. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Another important acquisition of territory has also been made since the last session of Congress. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | But to the acquisition of Florida too much importance can not be attached. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | The acquisition of them, made at the expense of the whole Union, not only in treasury but in blood, marks a right of property in them equally extensive. |
Ulysses S. Grant | 1869-1877 | In future, while I hold my present office, the subject of acquisition of territory must have the support of the people before I will recommend any proposition looking to such acquisition. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Last year the Administration and financial regulatory agencies proposed legislation to permit the interstate acquisition of failing depository institutions. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Acquisition" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.45% of the time. "Acquisition" is used about 2,541 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.45% | 2,527 | 3,595 |
| Noun (common) | 0.31% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.24% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,541 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Encore Acquisition Co. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "acquisition": acquisition agreement ♦ acquisition cost ♦ acquisition made in good faith ♦ acquisition of holdings ♦ acquisition of signal ♦ acquisitiveness acquisition ♦ audio lingual acquisition ♦ cost of acquisition ♦ data acquisition ♦ knowledge acquisition module ♦ land acquisition ♦ language acquisition ♦ new acquisition ♦ requirements Acquisition and Controlled Evolution ♦ serial data acquisition system ♦ supervisory Control and Data Acquisition ♦ target acquisition ♦ target acquisition system. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "acquisition": acquisition-proof, acquisition-rich. | |
Ending with "acquisition": post-acquisition, pre-acquisition. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Afrikaan | aankoop (buy, purchase, take, take over, taking, taking over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | përvetësim (absorption, appropriation, digestion, embezzlement, misappropriation, peculation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كسب (acquire, acquiring, attain, earn, earning, gain, gaining, get, get smth. off one's hands, harvest, obtain, obtaining, prize, profit, reap, win, winning), إكتساب (conquest, procuration), إقتناع (conviction), شىء مكتسب. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | завоевание (accomplishment, conquest), придобивка (accession, acquest, acquirement, asset, attainment, haul, purchase), придобиване (contraction, procurement), постижение (accession, accomplishment, achievement, acquest, acquirement, attainment, effort, performance), изкупуване (redemption). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 承购, "穫 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | získávání, přírùstek (addition, gain, growth, improvement, increase, increment), přínos, nabytí. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | erhvervelse (accession, asset), erhverv (accession, gain, occupation, profession). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | acquisitie (accession, acquirement, asset, take-over, to actively seek customers), overname (buy, purchase, take-over, taking over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | akiro (accession, asset), akirado, akiraĵo (accession, gain), aĉetado (purchase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hankinta (acquiring, delivery, procuring, purchase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | acquisition (accession, acquirement), achat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | oanwinst (accession, gain), keap (buy, purchase, taking over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Erwerb (accession, asset, earnings, getting, income, living, purchase, purchases), Erwerbung (acquirement, procurement), Errungenschaft (accession, acquest, asset, attainment, gain), Erfassung (capture, construction, coverage, gathering, identification, inclusion, recording, registration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | απόκτηση (acquirement, obtainment), απόκτημα (accession, acquirement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ק ין (asset, cattle, chattels, ownership, property, wealth), ק י" (buy, buying, obtainment, possession, purchase), "ש'" (acquirement, attainment, comprehension, conception, objection, obtainment, perception, procurement, reach), רכיש" (accession, acquirement, obtainment, procurement, purchase), רכש (procurement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vásárlás (buy, buying, purchase, shopping, taking over), szerzemény (accession, acquest, attainment, composition, gain, purchase), vívmány, vétel (buy, over, pick-up, purchase, receiving, reception, registration, seizure), szerzeményezés (accession), megszerzés (acquirement, attainment, getting, obtestation, procuration, procurement), beszerzés (procuration, procurement, supply), vagyongyűjtés, szerzés (getting), nyereség (balance in hand, emoluments, gain, gainings, increment, lucre, pickings, plunder, profit, return, takings, thrift), akvizíció. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | kaup (buy, purchase, taking over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | acquisto (buy, buying, purchase, purchasing, taking, taking over), acquisizione (take over), guadagno (accession, account, advantage, benefit, earning, earnings, efficiency, gain, increment, proceeds, profit, reward), compra (buy, purchase, taking, taking over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 取得 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゅうとく (finding, learning, picking up, receiving, reception), しゅとく, かくとく (possession). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 취" (Acquiring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | vondeish (advantage, benefit, expediency, gain, profit, usefulness), troar (crop, fruit, output, proceeds, produce, product, yield), geddyn (acquire, beget, derive, get, get off, obtain, procurement), feddyn (acquire, duct, find, get, locate, obtain, strike), cosney (acquire, ascend, ascend hill, clear out, earn, elude, gain, make off, preserve, score, win). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | ervervelse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | atkisishon (accession, gain), kompra (buy, purchase, taking over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | acquisitionay zakup (buy, purchase, taking over), kupno (buy, purchase, taking over). (various references) aquisição (acquest, acquirement, asset, buy, gain, haul, procurement, purchase), compra (buy, purchase, taking, taking over). (various references) agonisealã (earnings, fortune, profit, riches, savings), achiziţionare (acquest, purchase), achiziţie (acquirement, discovery, job), dobândire (achievement, acquirement, attainment, obtaining). (various references) приобретение (accuisition, acquest, acquirement, acquisitions, contraction, procurance, procuration, procurement, purchase). (various references) akvizicija, sticanje (earning, purchase), prinova, nabavka (buying, procurement, procuring, purchase, purveyance). (various references) adquisición (accession, acquirement, asset, buy, gain, obtainment, procurement, purchase, taking, taking over), ganancia (accession, asset, benefit, earning, gain, haul, moneymaking, profit, return, revenue), compra (accession, asset, buy, buy out, purchase, taking, taking over). (various references) förvärv (accession, asset, gain), anskaffning (buy, procurement, purchase, supply, taking over), ackvisition (accession, acquirement, asset, canvassing). (various references) alix (purchase), müzeye yeni gelen eşya, kazanma (achievement, acquirement, attainment, earning, gaining, obtainment, win, winning), kazanç (acquirement, avails, benefit, capital, convenience, credit, earnings, gain, gainings, grist, income, increment, make, melon, proceeds, profit, receipt, revenues, spoil, takings, winnings, yield), kütüphaneye yeni gelen kitap, edinme (acquirement, acquiring, contraction, getting, obtaining). (various references) надбання (attainment, property), здобуття, придбання (acquirement, getting, obtaining, obtainment, obtention, procuration, procurement, purchase). (various references) sự thu được (acquirement, obtainment), sự kiếm được cái gi nh được, sự gi nh được (achievement, acquirement, enlistment, obtainment), sự đạt được (acquirement), sự được (acquirement, enjoyment), cái thu nhận được. (various references) caffaeliad (boon, prey, spoil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adquisitio, adquisitionem, adquisitionis, adsumptio, adsumptione, adsumptiones, adsumptionis, emptio, emptionem, emptionis, quaesita, quaesitum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "acquisition": acquisitional, acquisitions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "acquisition": reacquisition. (additional references) | |
Words containing "acquisition": reacquisitions. (additional references) | |
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"Acquisition" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accquisition, acqisition, acqquisition, acquisation, acquisistion, acquisitio, acquisiton, acquisitor, acquistion, acqusition, acuisition, adquisition, aquisition, equisition. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "acquisition" (pronounced a'kwuzi"shun) |
| 8 | -k w u z i" sh u n | inquisition, requisition. |
| 6 | -u z i" sh u n | composition, deposition, disposition, exposition, imposition, juxtaposition, opposition, physician, position, predisposition, presupposition, proposition, reimposition, reposition, supposition. |
| 5 | -z i" sh u n | decomposition, musician, transition. |
| 4 | -i" sh u n | abolition, academician, addition, admission, admonition, ambition, ammunition, apparition, attrition, audition, clinician, coalition, cognition, commission, competition, condition, contrition, decommission, definition, demolition, dentition, dietitian, edition, electrician, emission, erudition, exhibition, expedition, extradition, fission, fruition, geriatrician, ignition, inhibition, intermission, intuition, logician, magician, malnutrition, mathematician, mission, mortician, munition, nutrition, obstetrician, omission, optician, partition, patrician, pediatrician, permission, petition, politician, precondition, preignition, premonition, prohibition, recognition, recondition, redefinition, remission, rendition, repetition, retransmission, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, submission, superstition, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, titian, tradition, transmission, tuition, volition. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, auction, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, lotion, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstruction, occupation, ocean, operation, oppression, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, passion, pasteurization, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, predestination, prediction, predilection, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, replication, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, suppression, suspension, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, titillation, toleration, traction, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-i-i-n-o-q-s-t-u" | |
-3 letters: auctions, cautions, coquinas, isatinic, quantics, quintics. | |
-4 letters: acinous, acquits, actions, asquint, atonics, auction, cations, caution, conatus, coquina, quantic, quinoas, quintas, quintic, suction, toucans. | |
-5 letters: acinus, acquit, actins, action, anisic, antics, atonic, cantos, cantus, casini, casino, cation, coatis, coitus, cotans, counts, cousin, cutins, ionics, isatin, nastic, octans, outsin, quaint, quants, quinic, quinoa, quinta, quints, quoins, quoits, quotas, scotia, squint, tocsin, tonics, toucan, tunica, tunics. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-i-i-n-o-q-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: acquisitions. | |
+2 letters: acquisitional, reacquisition. | |
+3 letters: nonacquisitive, qualifications, reacquisitions. | |
+4 letters: quantifications. | |
+5 letters: disqualification, requalifications. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 71 75 69 73 69 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. --.- ..- .. ... .. - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01110001 01110101 01101001 01110011 01101001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c q u i s i t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0071 0075 0069 0073 0069 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3569838775857586758180 |
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