English-Thai Dictionary

acquisitive

ADJ โลภ  อยากได้ อย่างมาก  ละโมบ  โลภมาก  มักได้  greedy grasping lob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ACQUISITIVE

a.that is acquired; acquired; [but improper. ]

 

ACQUISITIVELY

adv. Noting acquirement, with to or for following.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ACQUISITIVE

ACQUISITIVE Ac *quis "i *tive, a.

 

1. Acquired. [Obs. ] He died not in his acquisitive, but in his native soil. Wotton.

 

2. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an acquisitive person or disposition.

 

ACQUISITIVELY

ACQUISITIVELY Ac *quis "i *tive *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In the way of acquisition.

 

ACQUISITIVENESS

ACQUISITIVENESS Ac *quis "i *tive *ness, n.

 

1. The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

 

2. (Phren.)

 

Defn: The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing. Combe.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

acquisitive

ac quis i tive |əˈkwizitiv əˈkwɪzədɪv | ▶adjective excessively interested in acquiring money or material things. DERIVATIVES ac quis i tive ly adverb ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French acquisitif, -tive, from late Latin acquisitivus. from Latin acquisit- ‘acquired, ’ from the verb acquirere (see acquire ).

 

acquisitiveness

ac quis i tive ness |əˈkwizitivnis | ▶noun excessive interest in acquiring money or material things: a culture of acquisitiveness permeated his administration.

 

Oxford Dictionary

acquisitive

ac ¦quisi |tive |əˈkwɪzɪtɪv | ▶adjective excessively interested in acquiring money or material things. DERIVATIVES acquisitively adverb ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French acquisitif, -ive, from late Latin acquisitivus. from Latin acquisit- ‘acquired ’, from the verb acquirere (see acquire ).

 

acquisitiveness

ac ¦quisi ¦tive |ness |əˈkwɪzɪtɪvnɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] excessive interest in acquiring money or material things: a culture of acquisitiveness permeated his administration.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

acquisitive

acquisitive adjective his acquisitive wife has left him for a Denver architect: greedy, covetous, avaricious, possessive, grasping, grabbing, predatory, avid, rapacious, mercenary, materialistic; informal money-grubbing. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See greedy . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

acquisitiveness

acquisitiveness noun their three children seem to possess none of the acquisitiveness so typical of Hollywood brats: greed, greediness, covetousness, cupidity, possessiveness, avarice, avidity, rapaciousness, rapacity, materialism; informal affluenza.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

acquisitive

acquisitive adjective he had the acquisitive instinct of a magpie: greedy, hoarding, covetous, avaricious, possessive, grasping, grabbing, predatory, avid, rapacious, mercenary, materialistic, money-oriented; informal money-grubbing, money-grabbing, on the make; N. Amer. informal grabby; Austral. informal hungry; rare quaestuary, Mammonish, Mammonistic.

 

acquisitiveness

acquisitiveness noun the grasping acquisitiveness of an affluent society: greed, greediness, covetousness, cupidity, possessiveness, grasping, graspingness, grabbing, avarice, avidity, predatoriness, rapaciousness, rapacity, voracity, voraciousness, mercenariness, materialism; informal money-grubbing, money-grabbing; N. Amer. informal grabbiness; rare Mammonism.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

acquisitive

ac quis i tive /əkwɪ́zətɪv /形容詞 ｟かたく しばしばけなして ｠〈企業が 〉買収欲のある ; 〈人 組織が 〉欲の深い, 物質欲のある ; «…を » 欲しがる «of » .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞