# acquisition

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/ · frequency rank #4,569

## Definitions
1. The act or process of acquiring.
2. The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
3. The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.

## Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French acquisicion, from Latin acquisītiō, from acquirere; equivalent to acquire + -ition.

## Common misspellings (16)
`accquisition`, `acqiusition`, `acqquisition`, `acquiistion`, `acquisiiton`, `acquisision`, `acquisitino`, `acquisitionn`, `acquisitoin`, `acquisittion`, `acquissition`, `acquistiion`, `acqusiition`, `acuqisition`, `aqcuisition`, `caquisition`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/acquisition