Dictionary
ac•qui•si•tion
Pronunciation: (ak"wu-zish'un), [key]—
n.
1. the act of acquiring or gaining possession:
the acquisition of real eatate.
2. something acquired; addition:
a recent acquisition to the museum.
3. Ling.the act or process of achieving mastery of a language or a linguistic rule or element:
child language acquisition; second language acquisition. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.