Synonyms for acquiring
ac·quir·ing

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1. acquiring, gettingnoun

   the act of acquiring something

   "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"

   Synonyms:
   getting

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1. List of paraphrases for "acquiring":

   acquisition, acquire, obtaining, purchase, gaining, purchasing, gain, absorbing, buying

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1. Mark Twain:

   Do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

2. Eric Hoffer:

   Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.

3. Primo Levi:

   The future of humanity is uncertain, even in the most prosperous countries, and the quality of life deteriorates; and yet I believe that what is being discovered about the infinitely large and infinitely small is sufficient to absolve this end of the century and millennium. What a very few are acquiring in knowledge of the physical world will perhaps cause this period not to be judged as a pure return of barbarism.

4. Klaus Helmrich:

   As part of New York-based CD-adapco Vision 2020, Siemens is acquiring New York-based CD-adapco and sharpening its focus on growth in digital business and expanding its portfolio in the area of industry software.

5. Jens Michael Wegmann:

   Our culture is too much focused on acquiring big projects, the people who do that don't have the right mindset to win service contacts.