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acquaintance
noun /əˈkweɪn.təns/Definition
C1 [C] a person that you have met but do not know well: a business acquaintanceFriends, acquaintances and contemporaries › [U] formal used in some expressions about knowing or meeting people: It was at the Taylors' party that I first made his acquaintance (= first met him). I wasn't sure about Darryl when I first met her, but on further acquaintance (= knowing her a little more) I rather like her.Knowledge and awareness › [U] formal knowledge of a subject: Sadly, my acquaintance with Spanish literature is rather limited.Knowledge and awareness acquaintanceship
/-ʃɪp/ noun [C or U] formal › Ours was a strictly professional acquaintanceship (= relationship).Friends, acquaintances and contemporaries
(Definition of acquaintance noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- abroad adverb (GOING AROUND)
- as every schoolboy/schoolchild knows idiom
- at/in the back of your mind idiom
- awareness noun
- be ahead of the game idiom
- be in the loop/be out of the loop idiom
- common adjective (USUAL)
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