# acquiring

Pronunciation: say "uh-KWY-ring" /əˈkwaɪ(ə)ɹɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of acquire. — present participle and gerund of acquire
   - Simple: Present participle of acquire. Use this -ing form when getting or buying something is happening now.
   - _The museum is acquiring several paintings from a private collector._
   - _Acquiring fluency in a second language requires years of consistent effort._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/acquiring (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).