how to pronounce acquaintance

/əˈkwɛɪn.təns/

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acquaintance is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of acquaintance in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… Carnegie made the acquaintance of Louise …”

meaning of acquaintance

An acquaintance is a person with whom you are not closely acquainted.

acquaintance frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word acquaintance occurs in english on average 6.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics acquaintance can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that acquaintance can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;