acquaintance

ac|quaint|ance [əˈkweıntəns] n

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1¦(somebody you know)¦

2¦(relationship)¦

3 make somebody's acquaintance

4¦(knowledge)¦

5 of your acquaintance

6 on first acquaintance

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1.) ¦(SOMEBODY YOU KNOW)¦

someone you know, but who is not a close friend

▪ She was a casual acquaintance of my family in Vienna.

▪ He heard about the job through a mutual acquaintance (=someone you and another person both know) .

2.) ¦(RELATIONSHIP)¦ [singular, U]

a relationship with someone you know, but who is not a close friend

▪ They developed an acquaintance over the Internet.

▪ You can't judge her on such short acquaintance (=when you have not known her long) .

▪ My uncle did not improve on further acquaintance (=when you knew him better) .

3.) make sb's acquaintance

formal to meet someone for the first time

▪ I should be delighted to make Mrs McGough's acquaintance.

▪ At the hotel, I made the acquaintance of a young American actor.

4.) ¦(KNOWLEDGE)¦[U] formal

knowledge or experience of a particular subject

acquaintance with

▪ The practice of a lawyer requires acquaintance with court procedures.

have a passing/nodding acquaintance with sth

(=have only slight knowledge or experience of something)

▪ He has a passing acquaintance with a lot of different subjects.

5.) of your acquaintance

formal a person of your acquaintance is someone that you know

▪ The poems were written by various women of her acquaintance.

6.) on first acquaintance

formal when you meet someone for the first time

▪ Most people are nicer than you think on first acquaintance.