acquired

1. 1.

   gotten through environmental forces

   “acquired characteristics (such as a suntan or a broken nose) cannot be passed on”

   Similarnoninheritable

Questions about acquired

What does acquired mean?

acquired means "gotten through environmental forces".

How many syllables are in acquired?

acquired has 3 syllables: acq-ui-red. The stress falls on "ui". In IPA it is /əˈkwaɪɚd/.

Is acquired a common word?

acquired is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with acquired?

1 word rhymes with acquired. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.