thủ đắc
Definition
- Verb (formal, legal):
- To acquire; to obtain: To gain possession or ownership of something, especially through a formal process, effort, or specific means. It is most commonly used in legal, administrative, or formal written contexts.
- To procure: To get something with care or effort.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Công ty đã thủ đắc được bản quyền công nghệ mới. (The company has acquired the copyright to the new technology.)
- Anh ta thủ đắc tài sản thông qua thừa kế. (He acquired the assets through inheritance.)
- Việc thủ đắc quốc tịch cần tuân theo các quy định pháp luật. (The acquisition of citizenship must comply with legal regulations.)
Advanced Usage
- This verb is almost exclusively used in formal registers. It describes a deliberate and often completed act of gaining something tangible (like property) or intangible (like a skill, right, or citizenship).
- It frequently appears in legal documents, official reports, and academic writing.
Variants and Related Words
- Sự thủ đắc (n): The act of acquisition; the process of obtaining.
- Sự thủ đắc tài sản được ghi nhận đầy đủ. (The acquisition of the property was fully recorded.)
Synonyms
- Acquire: To gain possession of.
- Obtain: To get something, especially through effort.
- Procure: To obtain something with care or effort.
Related Terms (Legal/Formal Context)
- Chuyển nhượng: to transfer (often used as a counterpart to acquisition).
- Sở hữu: to own, ownership.
- Đạt được: to achieve, to obtain (a more general, less formal synonym).