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acquaintance

ac·quain·tance [ ə kwáyntənss ] (plural ac·quain·tances)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. somebody known: somebody who is known slightly rather than intimately

2. knowledge: knowledge, usually slight, of somebody or something
only a basic acquaintance with French theater


ac·quain·tance·ship noun

have a nodding acquaintance with somebody or something to know somebody or something slightly

make somebody's acquaintance to meet somebody for the first time

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