acquaintance
ac·quaint·ance / əˈkwāntns/ • n. 1. a person's knowledge or experience of something: acquaintance with the language. ∎ one's slight knowledge of or friendship with someone: my acquaintance with Herbert the men of her acquaintance.2. a person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend. ∎ such people considered collectively: his extensive acquaintance included Oscar Wilde and Yeats.PHRASES: make someone's acquaintance meet someone for the first time and become only slightly familiar.DERIVATIVES: ac·quaint·ance·ship / -ˌship/ n.
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