Acquaintances

Word ACQUAINTANCES
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Definitions and meanings of "Acquaintances"

What do we mean by acquaintances?

A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.

A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.

Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).

Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).

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The word "acquaintances" in example sentences

Cathy returns to her hometown seeking healing after a broken relationship, but discovers that among her friends and acquaintances is someone who wants her out of town … or dead. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Oh Le R, you and I both know that my "author-acquaintances" is the New Coke to your Classic "author-friends." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mehserle and other BART officers had pulled Grant and several acquaintances from a train about 2 a.m. while investigating reports of an onboard fight. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A few months ago while on a cruise to the Mexican Riviera, while docked in Puerto Vallarta, routinely and straight away, we hired a driver and again took a few acquaintances from the ship with us to visit Sayulita. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Dan enjoyed chatting with old acquaintances from the Raritan Valley initiative -- Freeholder Peter Palmer from Somerset County, Sally Morris of NJT, and Harry McNally, engineer, transportation buff and former Plainfield resident. ❋ Dan (2007)

Maybe I just feel like my quota of friends and acquaintances is at capacity. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Assistant prosecutor Elizabeth Killeen explained that the defendant drove two acquaintances from the scene of an attack on Jan. 18 (attack# 5). ❋ Unknown (2002)

The girl who pleaded guilty to being an accessory to robbery, Killeen said, drove two acquaintances from the scene of an attack on Jan. 18. ❋ Unknown (2002)

You refer to acquaintances, associates, business partners— ❋ W.R. THOMPSON (2000)

We thus had the advantage of many pleasant acquaintances from the leading families in the country, and, in this way, it was that four of the sisters eventually selected most worthy husbands. ❋ Unknown (1898)

The change was so pleasant that I bore with perfect equanimity the lamentations of certain English acquaintances of ours in Florence, who declared it was the most frightful and dangerous climate that could be, that now one was frozen to death and the next day burnt and melted, and that people couldn't be healthy under such transitions. ❋ Browning, Elizabeth B (1898)

If a man discourses continually of his wines, his plate, his titled acquaintances, the number and quality of his horses, his men-servants and maid-servants, he must discourse very skilfully indeed if he escapes being called a coxcomb. ❋ Alexander Smith (1848)

Rich interviews long-term acquaintances of the former governor, one of whom is quoted as saying, "None of us had any idea who this guy was." ❋ Edward Wyckoff Williams (2012)

He came to Whittier in 1985, which began his parents 'regular visits to Whittier and long-term acquaintances with virtually hundreds of local friends, said son John. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I think that after this week I now have fewer "acquaintances" - and am happy for that. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I’ve lost friends due to distance and life changes, and we mourn the loss but have no blame, and we still try to remain acquaintances if possible. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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