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Harold Brodkey

Meaning of "acquisitive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ACQUISITIVE

acquisitive  [əˈkwɪzɪtɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACQUISITIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Acquisitive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ACQUISITIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of acquisitive in the English dictionary

The definition of acquisitive in the dictionary is inclined or eager to acquire things, esp material possessions.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACQUISITIVE


appositive
əˈpɒzɪtɪv
compositive
kəmˈpɒzɪtɪv
contrapositive
ˌkɒntrəˈpɒzɪtɪv
diapositive
ˌdaɪəˈpɒzɪtɪv
dispositive
dɪsˈpɒzɪtɪv
disquisitive
dɪsˈkwɪzɪtɪv
electropositive
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈpɒzɪtɪv
expositive
ɪksˈpɒzɪtɪv
HIV-positive
ˌeɪtʃaɪviːˈpɒzɪtɪv
inquisitive
ɪnˈkwɪzɪtɪv
nonacquisitive
ˌnɒnəˈkwɪzɪtɪv
oppositive
əˈpɒzɪtɪv
photopositive
ˌfəʊtəʊˈpɒzɪtɪv
positive
ˈpɒzɪtɪv
postpositive
pəʊstˈpɒzɪtɪv
prepositive
priːˈpɒzɪtɪv
Rh-positive
ˌɑːrˌeɪtʃˈpɒzɪtɪv
seropositive
ˌsɪərəʊˈpɔzɪtɪv
transpositional
trænsˈpɒzɪtɪv
uninquisitive
ˌʌnɪnˈkwɪzɪtɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACQUISITIVE

acquired immunity
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
acquired taste
acquiree
acquirement
acquirer
acquis communautaire
acquisition
acquisition accounting
acquisitional
acquisitively
acquisitiveness
acquisitor
acquist
acquit
acquitment
acquittal
acquittance
acquitted
acquitter

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACQUISITIVE

active
additive
aperitive
capacitive
case-sensitive
cognitive
competitive
definitive
false positive
fugitive
insensitive
intransitive
intuitive
nutritive
primitive
prohibitive
punitive
repetitive
sensitive
time-sensitive
transitive

Synonyms and antonyms of acquisitive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ACQUISITIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «acquisitive» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of acquisitive

Translation of «acquisitive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACQUISITIVE

Find out the translation of acquisitive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of acquisitive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «acquisitive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

贪婪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

adquisitiva
570 millions of speakers

English

acquisitive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अर्जनशील
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مولع بالاقتناء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

приобретательной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aquisitiva
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অর্জনেচ্ছু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

avide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Akujik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

habgierig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

欲しがる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

욕심
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Acquisitive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ham lợi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடைகிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मौल्यवान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

paragöz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

acquisitivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zachłanny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

набувальною
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

achizitivă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φιλόκτημων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verkrygende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tillgrepps
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

acquisitive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of acquisitive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACQUISITIVE»

The term «acquisitive» is normally little used and occupies the 115.875 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACQUISITIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about acquisitive

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2 QUOTES WITH «ACQUISITIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word acquisitive.
1
Harold Brodkey
But death's acquisitive instincts will win.
2
Peter York
Tabloid discussion of bad children always blames baby-boomer liberals, careerist mothers and fashion-crazed Nathan Barley types who think it's all enormously funny. But the centre-leftish psycho-thinker Oliver James says it's all down to the Thatcher-and-after culture of turbo-capitalism, making people acquisitive and unsatisfied.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACQUISITIVE»

Discover the use of acquisitive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to acquisitive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Exploring and treating acquisitive desire: living in the ...
How we deal with the pressure to compete with others in displays of our success? This is a book about the social disease of acquisitive desire for material things -corporeal and intangible.
Jeffrey A. Kottler, 1999
2
The Acquisitive Society
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
R. H. Tawney, 2009
3
Territorial Acquisition, Disputes, and International Law
optimum) and stability of territorial titles through time and effective control or possession. B. Requirements and Classification of Prescription It is customary to distinguish between extinctive prescription and acquisitive prescription. The former ...
Surya Prakash Sharma, 1997
4
Plato's Meno: a philosophy of man as acquisitive
Sternfeld and Zyskind proffer Plato’s 2,000-year-old philosophy as valid still in competition with other, and more modern, modes of thought, and suggest the need for a major turn in philosophy which can take us beyond its minimal ...
Robert Sternfeld, Harold Zyskind, 1978
5
Business Strategy in a Semiglobal Economy
In Roman law acquisitive prescription and extinctive prescription were two dissimilar systems. Acquisitive prescription began in the Roman law of the Twelve Tables. Extinctive prescription was established in the law developed by officials in ...
Panos Mourdoukoutas, William C. Jones, 2006
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The International Conference Education and Creativity for a ...
The limitation period for obtaining property through ordinary acquisitive prescription, varies depending upon whether the property is a moveable or immoveable. In terms of movable property, this is prescribed within three years, as required by ...
Titu Maiorescu University, Osterreichish-Rumanischer Akademischer Verein
7
United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective
Acquisitive prescription'" By acquisitive prescription is meant the laying of hands by a state upon a territory under the sovereignty of another, or the exercising of actual sovereignty over it publicly and uninterruptedly for a period of time without  ...
Ibrahim Abed, Peter Hellyer, 2001
8
Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Hungary
Functions of acquisitive prescription Acquisitive prescription is regulated by Articles 4.68 to 4.71 CC. All things which can be objects of private ownership may be acquired by way of acquisitive prescription. However, ownership by acquisitive ...
Wolfgang Faber, Brigitta Lurger, 2011
9
Democratic Professionalism: Citizen Participation and the ...
In the acquisitive society, the guiding social purpose, if it can be called such, is wealth accumulation.30 Liberalism's triumph, however, is a Pyrrhic victory because, ultimately, what gives meaning to economic activity is its social purpose .
Albert W. Dzur, 2010
10
Austria, Estonia, Italy, Slovenia
Acquisitive prescription is a way of acquiring, by means of possession, any rights in rem in goods,333 which do not belong to the inalienable property of the State or other public entities (art(s) 828-830 C.C.); acquisitive prescription cannot have  ...
Wolfgang Faber, Brigitta Lurger, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACQUISITIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term acquisitive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
China Moly plumps for $US2 billion acquisition
Acquisitive miner China Molybdenum Company may be about to emerge as a rival for BHP Billiton in the race for Barrick's Zaldivar mine, after ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
2
India – the world's fastest growing startup ecosystem
In 2014, 43 startups were acquired; so far this year the number has been 41, with startups themselves being the most acquisitive of the lot. «The Next Web, Jul 15»
3
China's Fosun Eyes Silver Cross As Next Target
An acquisitive Chinese conglomerate is in talks to buy a stake in the upmarket UK pram-maker, Sky News understands. 19:39, UK, Sunday 05 ... «Sky News, Jul 15»
4
BP, CVX, OXY, MRO: Jim Cramer's Views
So, you have an acquisitive BP, you have growing demand, but you have bad charts. Right now all anyone cares about is the latter. Maybe the ... «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»
5
Staff threatened in armed raid at Wolverhampton travel agent
Detective Sergeant Steve Walters, from the Acquisitive Crime Team in Wolverhampton, said: "Our enquiries continue into the robbery but I ... «expressandstar.com, Jul 15»
6
M&A deals define June quarter - SPECIAL REPORT
Another acquisitive Chinese company is Zijin Mining Group, which has lobbed a bid for Phoenix Gold, not long after acquiring Norton Gold ... «Business News, Jul 15»
7
I'm hoping we'll do one large buyout this year for scale: Sushma …
We are not a very acquisitive group. Even now, we will do very focused acquisition. We have got a very clear inorganic road map. We are ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
8
The history of “The Last Confederate Flag”
... of more uninterrupted possession of property in good faith but without title created “acquisitive prescription.” The law remains on the books. «Shreveport Times, Jul 15»
9
America's July 4 military nightmare: With our recent history, could we …
Northern Whigs recoiled at the acquisitive U.S. objectives. But the Mexican-American War was popular with most Americans, especially ... «Salon, Jul 15»
10
Six things we learned on the internet about the CONCACAF Gold Cup
... and a culture of absurd concession stand prices and parking fees, the United States is the obvious choice for ever-acquisitive CONCACAF to ... «Fusion, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Acquisitive [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/acquisitive>. Apr 2024 ».
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