acquainted with (something)

acquainted with (something)

Knowledgeable about or familiar with something. I need to become acquainted with the rules of this game. Dale is acquainted with the new procedures for data entry, so he can show them to you. It took time for our adopted daughter to become acquainted with the rules of our culture.

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*acquainted with someone

[of a person] known to someone; [of a person] having been introduced to someone. (*Typically: be ~; become ~; get ~.) We are only acquainted with each other. We are certainly not what you would call close friends.

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*acquainted with something

familiar with something; able to understand or recognize something. (*Typically: be ~; become ~; get ~.) Tom is fully acquainted with the way we do things.

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