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acquisition
Noun
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Acquisition is the act of getting something, often by buying it.
The judge ruled that the acquisition of XYZ company by Acme Inc. was illegal.
Studies of language acquisition show that it's easier for children to learn language than for adults.
A recent acquisition in my life that I can live without are clothes because sometimes I buy them just because they are beautiful.
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An acquisition is something that you got.
The zoo's last acquisition was three elephants.
screen
Noun
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A screen is a flat surface for showing pictures, text or video.
The information appears on the computer screen almost right away.
I couldn't see the movie because the person in front of me was blocking the screen.
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A screen is a flat surface between two areas, often letting something in but keeping something out.
The hole in the window screen let the bugs in.
There was a screen around my hospital bed.
screen
Verb
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If you screen blood, people, information, etc., you find or block unwanted things.
They carefully screen the blood for viruses before giving it to hospitals.
He put on a hat to screen his eyes from the sun.
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If you screen a movie, a TV show, etc., you put it on a screen.
They screened the new movie for the press last week.