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To become acquainted with (someone or something); to meet someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, know.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَعَرَّفَ
(taʕarrafa)
— to become acquainted with someone
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Belarusian:
знаёміцца
(znajómicca)
— to become acquainted with someone
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Belarusian:
пазнаёміцца
(paznajómicca)
— to become acquainted with someone
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Chinese Mandarin:
結識 /结识
(jiéshí)
— to become acquainted with someone
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Dutch:
kennismaken
— to become acquainted with someone
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Dutch:
leren kennen
— to become acquainted with someone
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Esperanto:
ekkoni
— to become acquainted with someone
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Estonian:
tutvuma
— to become acquainted with someone
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Finnish:
tutustua
— to become acquainted with someone
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French:
faire la connaissance
— to become acquainted with someone
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French:
faire connaissance (de)
— to become acquainted with someone
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Georgian:
გაცნობა
(gacnoba)
— to become acquainted with someone
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German:
kennenlernen
— to become acquainted with someone
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Gothic:
𐌿𐍆𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽
(ufkunnan)
— to become acquainted with someone
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Greek:
γνωρίζω
(gnorízo)
— to become acquainted with someone
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Ancient Greek:
γνωρίζω
(gnōrízō)
— to become acquainted with someone
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Hungarian:
megismer
— to become acquainted with someone
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Italian:
conoscere
— to become acquainted with someone
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Italian:
fare conoscenza
— to become acquainted with someone
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Japanese:
知り合う
(shiriau)
— to become acquainted with someone
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Latin:
cognoscō
— to become acquainted with someone
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Latin:
rescisco
— to become acquainted with someone
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Persian:
آشنا شدن
(âšnâ šodan)
— to become acquainted with someone
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Polish:
poznawać
— to become acquainted with someone
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Polish:
poznać
— to become acquainted with someone
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Portuguese:
conhecer
— to become acquainted with someone
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Romanian:
face cunoștință
— to become acquainted with someone
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Russian:
знакоми́ться
(znakomítʹsja)
— to become acquainted with someone
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Russian:
познакоми́ться
(poznakomítʹsja)
— to become acquainted with someone
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Spanish:
conocer
— to become acquainted with someone
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Spanish:
llegar a conocer
— to become acquainted with someone
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Spanish:
llegar a conocer bien
— to become acquainted with someone
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Spanish:
conocer bien
— to become acquainted with someone
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Swedish:
lära känna
— to become acquainted with someone
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Tamil:
பழகு
(paḻaku)
— to become acquainted with someone
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Ukrainian:
знайо́митися
(znajómytysja)
— to become acquainted with someone
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Ukrainian:
познайо́митися
(poznajómytysja)
— to become acquainted with someone
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Vietnamese:
làm quen
— to become acquainted with someone