English-Thai Dictionary

acquaintance

N คนรู้จัก  คนที่ รู้จัก กัน แต่ ไม่ คุ้นเคย นัก  colleague neighbor associate khon-ru-jak

 

acquaintance

N ความรู้  ประสบการณ์  familiarity experience khwam-ru

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ACQUAINTANCE

n. 1. Familiar knowledge; a state of being acquainted, or of having intimate or more than slight or superficial knowledge; as, I know the man, but have no acquaintance with him. Sometimes it denotes a more slight knowledge.
2. A person or persons well known; usually persons we have been accustomed to see and converse with; sometimes, persons more slightly known.
Lover and friend has thou put far from me and mine acquaintance into darkness. Psalm 88:18.
My acquaintance are estranged from me. Job 19:13.
Acquaintances, in the plural is used, as applied to individual persons known; but more generally, acquaintance is used for one or more.
Acquaintant, in a like sense, is not used.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ACQUAINTANCE

Ac *quaint "ance, n. Etym: [OE. aqueintance, OF. acointance, fr. acointier. See Acquaint. ]

 

1. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him. Contract no friendship, or even acquaintance, with a guileful man. Sir W. Jones.

 

2. A person or persons with whom one is acquainted. Montgomery was an old acquaintance of Ferguson. Macaulay.

 

Note: In this sense the collective term acquaintance was formerly both singular and plural, but it is now commonly singular, and has the regular plural acquaintances. To be of acquaintance, to be intimate. -- To take acquaintance of or with, to make the acquaintance of. [Obs. ]

 

Syn. -- Familiarity; intimacy; fellowship; knowledge. -- Acquaintance, Familiarity, Intimacy. These words mark different degrees of closeness in social intercourse. Acquaintance arises from occasional intercourse; as, our acquaintance has been a brief one. We can speak of a slight or an intimate acquaintance. Familiarity is the result of continued acquaintance. It springs from persons being frequently together, so as to wear off all restraint and reserve; as, the familiarity of old companions. Intimacy is the result of close connection, and the freest interchange of thought; as, the intimacy of established friendship. Our admiration of a famous man lessens upon our nearer acquaintance with him. Addison. We contract at last such a familiarity with them as makes it difficult and irksome for us to call off our minds. Atterbury. It is in our power to confine our friendships and intimacies to men of virtue. Rogers.

 

ACQUAINTANCESHIP

ACQUAINTANCESHIP Ac *quaint "ance *ship, n.

 

Defn: A state of being acquainted; acquaintance. Southey.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

acquaintance

ac quaint ance |əˈkwāntns əˈkweɪn (t )əns | ▶noun 1 a person's knowledge or experience of something: the students had little acquaintance with the language. • one's slight knowledge of or friendship with someone: I renewed my acquaintance with Herbert | most men of her acquaintance were in uniform now. 2 a person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend: a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. • such people considered collectively: his extensive acquaintance included Oscar Wilde and Yeats. PHRASES make the acquaintance of (or make someone's acquaintance ) meet someone for the first time and become only slightly familiar: they are anxious to make your acquaintance. DERIVATIVES ac quaint ance ship |-ˌSHip |noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘mutual knowledge, being acquainted ’): from Old French acointance, from acointier ‘make known ’ (see acquaint ).

 

acquaintance rape

ac quaint ance rape |əˈkweɪn (t )əns reɪp | ▶noun rape by a person who is known to the victim.

 

Oxford Dictionary

acquaintance

ac ¦quaint |ance |əˈkweɪnt (ə )ns | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] knowledge or experience of something: the pupils had little acquaintance with the language. • slight knowledge of or friendship with someone: I renewed my acquaintance with Herbert. 2 a person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend: a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. • [ mass noun ] acquaintances considered collectively: his extensive acquaintance included Oscar Wilde and Yeats. PHRASES make the acquaintance of (or make someone's acquaintance ) meet someone for the first time and come to know them slightly. DERIVATIVES acquaintanceship noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘mutual knowledge, being acquainted ’): from Old French acointance, from acointier ‘make known ’ (see acquaint ).

 

acquaintance rape

ac ¦quaint |ance rape ▶noun [ mass noun ] chiefly N. Amer. rape by a person who is known to the victim.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

acquaintance

acquaintance noun 1 a business acquaintance | friends and acquaintances: contact, associate, ally, connection, colleague. 2 my acquaintance with George: association, relationship, contact; fellowship, companionship. 3 the students had little acquaintance with the language: familiarity with, knowledge of, experience with /of, awareness of, understanding of, comprehension of, grasp of.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

acquaintance

acquaintance noun 1 Mr Barnet was no more than a business acquaintance: contact, associate, connection, ally, colleague; French confrère. 2 she had prospered from her acquaintance with the sergeant: association, relationship, contact, social contact; fellowship, companionship. 3 the critical reader must have some acquaintance with poetry already: familiarity, conversance, conversancy, contact, acquaintanceship; knowledge of, experience of, awareness of, understanding of, comprehension of, cognizance of, grasp of; proficiency in, skill in, expertise in, insight into; informal know-how.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

acquaintance

ac quaint ance /əkwéɪnt (ə )ns / (!-ai-は /eɪ /) (動 )acquaint 名詞 複 ～s /-ɪz /1 C 知人 , 顔見知り, なじみ (!friendと違い, 強い信頼関係はない ) ▸ friends and acquaintances 友人知人 ▸ business [casual, longtime, personal ] acquaintances 仕事上の [偶然知り合いになった, 古くからの, 個人的な ]知人 ▸ an acquaintance of mine 私の知人 (╳ my ～としない )2 U 【人との 】面識 , つきあい , 交遊 «with » (!具体例ではan ～; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う ) ▸ a person of one's acquaintance 知人 ▸ On first acquaintance , he may seem strange .初めて会ったら彼は奇妙に見えるかもしれない 3 U ｟かたく ｠(学習 体験などによって得た )【学問 芸術などに関する 】知識, 心得 «with » ▸ students' acquaintance with Sartre サルトルに関する学生の知識 have a p à ssing [n ò dding ] acqu á intance with A ｟かたく ｠1 A 〈人 〉と (あいさつする程度の )顔見知りである .2 A 〈物 事 〉を少し [さわり程度 ]知っている .m à ke A's acqu á intance [the acqu á intance of A ]｟かたく ｠A 〈人 〉と知り合いになる ▸ I'm delighted [glad, pleased ] to make your acquaintance .お目にかかれてうれしく存じます (!… to meet you. と違いへりくだった表現で, 目上の人に使う ) scr à pe (up ) (an ) acqu á intance with A ｟くだけて ｠(利益を見込んで )A 〈人 〉となんとか顔見知りになる .～́ r à pe 知人によるレイプ (→date rape ).

 

acquaintanceship

ac quaint ance ship /əkwéɪnt (ə )n s ʃɪ̀p /名詞 U C ｟かたく ｠1 «…との » 交際, 面識 «with » .2 «…の » 経験, 知識 «with » .