Definition

1. Verb:
   • To make someone aware of or familiar with something: To provide information or knowledge about a fact, situation, or procedure.
   • To cause someone to know a person personally: To introduce someone to another person, initiating a personal relationship.

Examples of Usage

• Verb:
  • The manager will acquaint the new employees with the company's safety policies.
  • I need to acquaint myself with the details of the project before the meeting.
  • She acquainted me with her brother at the party last weekend.

Advanced Usage

• "To acquaint someone with the fact that...": A formal structure used to inform someone about a specific piece of information.
  • He acquainted the board with the fact that profits had fallen.
• "To become acquainted with": To gradually gain knowledge about something or to get to know someone.
  • During the first week, you will become acquainted with the software.
  • They became acquainted at university.

Variants and Related Words

• Acquaintance (n): 1. Knowledge or experience of something. 2. A person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend.
  • I have some acquaintance with French history.
  • He is a business acquaintance, not a friend.
• Acquainted (adj): Having knowledge or experience of something; familiar.
  • Are you acquainted with the new regulations?

Synonyms

• Inform: To give facts or information to someone.
• Familiarize: To give someone knowledge or understanding of something.
• Introduce: To make one person known to another.

Related Phrasal Verbs

(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs. Its core meanings are expressed through the structures shown in the examples and advanced usage.)

Related Idioms

• "To be acquainted with": To know or be familiar with something or someone.
  • You must be acquainted with the basics before you can proceed.
• "A nodding acquaintance": A very slight or casual knowledge of a subject or person.
  • I only have a nodding acquaintance with his theories.

Verb

1. inform
   • Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move
2. make familiar or conversant with
   • you should acquaint yourself with your new computer
   • We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings
3. cause to come to know personally
   • permit me to acquaint you with my son
   • introduce the new neighbors to the community