| acquisition | | |
| n. (act) | 1. acquisition | the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something.; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another" |
| ~ acquiring, getting | the act of acquiring something.; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving" |
| ~ incurring | acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable).; "incurring debts is easier than paying them" |
| ~ moneymaking | the act of making money (and accumulating wealth). |
| ~ annexation | the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation.; "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"; "a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation" |
| ~ pork-barreling | acquisition of government money for benefits to a specific locale.; "keeps his hold on his constituents through unashamed pork-barreling" |
| ~ purchase | the acquisition of something for payment.; "they closed the purchase with a handshake" |
| ~ acceptance | the act of taking something that is offered.; "her acceptance of the gift encouraged him"; "he anticipated their acceptance of his offer" |
| ~ taking over, succession | acquisition of property by descent or by will. |
| ~ laying claim, assumption | the act of taking possession of or power over something.; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts" |
| ~ inheritance, heritage | hereditary succession to a title or an office or property. |
| ~ procural, procurance, procurement | the act of getting possession of something.; "he was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies" |
| ~ regaining, restitution, restoration, return | getting something back again.; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing" |
| ~ buyout | acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock. |
| n. (possession) | 2. acquisition | something acquired.; "a recent acquisition by the museum" |
| ~ transferred possession, transferred property | a possession whose ownership changes or lapses. |
| ~ accession, addition | something added to what you already have.; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff" |
| ~ purchase | something acquired by purchase. |
| ~ gift | something acquired without compensation. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. acquisition, learning | the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge.; "the child's acquisition of language" |
| ~ basic cognitive process | cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge. |
| ~ conditioning | a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment. |
| ~ developmental learning | learning that takes place as a normal part of cognitive development. |
| ~ digestion | learning and coming to understand ideas and information.; "his appetite for facts was better than his digestion" |
| ~ education | the gradual process of acquiring knowledge.; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's" |
| ~ internalisation, internalization, incorporation | learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself. |
| ~ imprinting | a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established. |
| ~ language learning | learning to use a language. |
| ~ committal to memory, memorisation, memorization | learning so as to be able to remember verbatim.; "the actor's memorization of his lines" |
| ~ study, work | applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading).; "mastering a second language requires a lot of work"; "no schools offer graduate study in interior design" |
| ~ carry-over, transfer of training, transfer | application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment, skill | an ability that has been acquired by training. |
| ~ ability, power | possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done.; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination" |
| ~ craftsmanship, workmanship, craft | skill in an occupation or trade. |
| ~ horsemanship | skill in handling and riding horses. |
| ~ literacy | the ability to read and write. |
| ~ marksmanship | skill in shooting. |
| ~ mastership | the skill of a master. |
| ~ mixology | skill in preparing mixed drinks. |
| ~ numeracy | skill with numbers and mathematics. |
| ~ oarsmanship | skill as an oarsman. |
| ~ salesmanship | skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy.; "he read a book on salesmanship but it didn't help" |
| ~ seamanship | skill in sailing. |
| ~ showmanship | the ability to present something (especially theatrical shows) in an attractive manner. |
| ~ soldiering, soldiership | skills that are required for the life of soldier. |
| ~ swordsmanship | skill in fencing. |
| conservation | | |
| n. (event) | 1. conservation, preservation | an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change. |
| ~ betterment, improvement, advance | a change for the better; progress in development. |
| n. (act) | 2. conservation | the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources. |
| ~ preservation, saving | the activity of protecting something from loss or danger. |
| ~ conservancy | the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.. |
| ~ soil conservation | protection of soil against erosion or deterioration. |
| ~ oil conservation | the conservation of petroleum resources. |
| ~ water conservation | the conservation of water resources. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. conservation | (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations. |
| ~ principle | a basic truth or law or assumption.; "the principles of democracy" |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ conservation of charge, conservation of electricity | the principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system. |
| ~ conservation of energy, first law of thermodynamics, law of conservation of energy | the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes. |
| ~ conservation of mass, conservation of matter, law of conservation of mass, law of conservation of matter | a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system. |
| ~ conservation of momentum | the principle that the total linear momentum in a closed system is constant and is not affected by processes occurring inside the system. |
| ~ conservation of parity, mirror symmetry, space-reflection symmetry, parity | (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system. |
| custody | | |
| n. (state) | 1. custody, detainment, detention, hold | a state of being confined (usually for a short time).; "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police" |
| ~ confinement | the state of being confined.; "he was held in confinement" |
| n. (act) | 2. custody | holding by the police.; "the suspect is in custody" |
| ~ internment, imprisonment | the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison). |
| n. (act) | 3. custody, hands | (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child.; "my fate is in your hands"; "too much power in the president's hands"; "your guests are now in my custody"; "the mother was awarded custody of the children" |
| ~ safekeeping, guardianship, keeping | the responsibility of a guardian or keeper.; "he left his car in my keeping" |
| keeping | | |
| n. (act) | 1. keeping | conformity or harmony.; "his behavior was not in keeping with the occasion" |
| ~ abidance, compliance, conformity, conformation | acting according to certain accepted standards.; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices" |
| n. (act) | 2. guardianship, keeping, safekeeping | the responsibility of a guardian or keeper.; "he left his car in my keeping" |
| ~ hands, custody | (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child.; "my fate is in your hands"; "too much power in the president's hands"; "your guests are now in my custody"; "the mother was awarded custody of the children" |
| ~ duty, obligation, responsibility | the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force.; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty" |
| n. (act) | 3. holding, keeping, retention | the act of retaining something. |
| ~ possession, ownership | the act of having and controlling property. |
| ~ withholding | the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control.; "I resented his withholding permission"; "there were allegations of the withholding of evidence" |
| ~ storage | the act of storing something. |
| possession | | |
| n. (act) | 1. ownership, possession | the act of having and controlling property. |
| ~ control | the activity of managing or exerting control over something.; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable" |
| ~ actual possession | (law) immediate and direct physical control over property. |
| ~ constructive possession | (law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it. |
| ~ criminal possession | (law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed under certain circumstances. |
| ~ holding, retention, keeping | the act of retaining something. |
| n. (tops) | 2. possession | anything owned or possessed. |
| ~ relation | an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together. |
| ~ belongings, property, holding | something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone.; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property" |
| ~ white elephant | a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive. |
| ~ transferred possession, transferred property | a possession whose ownership changes or lapses. |
| ~ circumstances | a person's financial situation (good or bad).; "he found himself in straitened circumstances" |
| ~ assets | anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company. |
| ~ treasure | any possession that is highly valued by its owner.; "the children returned from the seashore with their shells and other treasures" |
| ~ liabilities | anything that is owed to someone else. |
| n. (state) | 3. possession | being controlled by passion or the supernatural. |
| ~ spell, trance, enchantment | a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation. |
| n. (motive) | 4. monomania, possession | a mania restricted to one thing or idea. |
| ~ cacoethes, mania, passion | an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action. |
| n. (location) | 5. possession | a territory that is controlled by a ruling state. |
| ~ district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion | a region marked off for administrative or other purposes. |
| ~ macao, macau | a former Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea; reverted to China in 1999. |
| ~ british virgin islands | more than 40 northeastern Virgin Islands (15 inhabited); a dependent territory of the United Kingdom. |
| ~ american virgin islands, united states virgin islands, vi | more than 130 southeastern Virgin Islands; a dependent territory of the United States. |
| ~ gilbert and ellice islands | a former British possession in Micronesia. |
| ~ faeroe islands, faeroes, faroe islands, faroes | a self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands. |
| ~ french oceania, french polynesia | a French overseas possession in the South Pacific. |
| n. (attribute) | 6. possession, self-command, self-control, self-possession, self-will, will power, willpower | the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior. |
| ~ firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolve, firmness, resolution | the trait of being resolute.; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work" |
| ~ nerves | control of your emotions.; "this kind of tension is not good for my nerves" |
| ~ presence of mind | self-control in a crisis; ability to say or do the right thing in an emergency. |
| n. (act) | 7. possession | (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck).; "they took possession of the ball on their own goal line" |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ control | the activity of managing or exerting control over something.; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable" |
| tenure | | |
| n. (time) | 1. incumbency, tenure, term of office | the term during which some position is held. |
| ~ term | a limited period of time.; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term" |
| ~ presidency, presidential term, administration | the tenure of a president.; "things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration" |
| ~ vice-presidency, vice-presidential term | the tenure of a vice president. |
| ~ episcopate | the term of office of a bishop. |
| n. (possession) | 2. land tenure, tenure | the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands. |
| ~ legal right | a right based in law. |
| ~ copyhold | a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services. |
| ~ freehold | tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life. |
| ~ villeinage | tenure by which a villein held land. |
| v. (social) | 3. tenure | give life-time employment to.; "She was tenured after she published her book" |
| ~ academe, academia | the academic world. |
| ~ elevate, kick upstairs, promote, upgrade, advance, raise | give a promotion to or assign to a higher position.; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" |
| wand | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. wand | a rod used by a magician or water diviner. |
| ~ rod | a long thin implement made of metal or wood. |
| n. (plant) | 2. wand | a thin supple twig or rod.; "stems bearing slender wands of flowers" |
| ~ branchlet, sprig, twig | a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year. |
| n. (communication) | 3. scepter, sceptre, verge, wand | a ceremonial or emblematic staff. |
| ~ staff | a rod carried as a symbol. |
| ~ bauble | a mock scepter carried by a court jester. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. baton, wand | a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir. |
| ~ rod | a long thin implement made of metal or wood. |
| retain | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. retain | hold back within.; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"; "the dam retains the water" |
| ~ contain, bear, carry, hold | contain or hold; have within.; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" |
| v. (social) | 2. continue, keep, keep on, retain | allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature.; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings" |
| ~ sustain, keep up, prolong | lengthen or extend in duration or space.; "We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work" |
| ~ persist in, continue | do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop.; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move" |
| v. (possession) | 3. hold, hold back, keep back, retain | secure and keep for possible future use or application.; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree" |
| ~ keep, hold on | retain possession of.; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" |
| ~ hold down | keep.; "She manages to hold down two jobs" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. retain | keep in one's mind.; "I cannot retain so much information" |
| ~ think of, remember | keep in mind for attention or consideration.; "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of the starving children in India!" |
| possess | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. possess | have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill.; "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East" |
| ~ feature, have | have as a feature.; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" |
| ~ exhibit | show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill.; "he exhibits a great talent" |
| v. (possession) | 2. have, own, possess | have ownership or possession of.; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?" |
| ~ prepossess | possess beforehand. |
| ~ feature, have | have as a feature.; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" |
| v. (stative) | 3. possess | enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas.; "What possessed you to buy this house?"; "A terrible rage possessed her" |
| ~ dominate | be in control.; "Her husband completely dominates her" |
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