Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Capable of being obtained or gained: Describes something that can be acquired, secured, or achieved through effort, purchase, or other means.

Usage

The adjective "acquirable" is used to describe the potential or possibility of obtaining something. It is a formal term often used in academic, business, or technical contexts to discuss the availability or attainability of objects, skills, or qualities.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The necessary permits are acquirable from the city office.
  • Fluency in a new language is an acquirable skill with consistent practice.
  • This rare book is no longer easily acquirable.

Advanced Usage

• "readily acquirable": easily obtainable.
  • The data is readily acquirable from the public database.
• "legally acquirable": obtainable by lawful means.
  • Only legally acquirable substances are permitted in the laboratory.

Variants and Related Words

• Acquire (verb): to gain possession of, to learn or develop.
  • She hopes to acquire a new property.
• Acquisition (noun): the act of acquiring, or something acquired.
  • The museum announced a major new acquisition.
• Acquired (adjective): gained through effort, not innate.
  • An acquired taste.

Synonyms

• Attainable: Able to be achieved or reached.
• Obtainable: Able to be procured or gotten.
• Procurable: Able to be obtained, especially with effort.

Antonyms

• Unattainable: Not able to be achieved or obtained.
• Unobtainable: Not able to be acquired.

Adjective

1. capable of being acquired