reacquire

verb
UK: /ˌriː.əˈkwaɪər/
US: /ˌriː.əˈkwaɪr/

  1. To get something back that you lost or gave away.

    1. I want to reacquire my old bike.
    2. The company hopes to reacquire its former market share after the merger.

  2. To learn a skill or remember something you had forgotten.

    1. He had to reacquire his driving skills.
    2. It took some time to reacquire fluency in Spanish after years of disuse.

Synonyms

regain recover retrieve repossess
reacquire transitive-verb

  1. To gain possession of something again.

    1. We will reacquire the land.
    2. The museum worked hard to reacquire the stolen artifact.

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "reacquire" in English means: To get something back that you lost or gave away., To learn a skill or remember something you had forgotten..

The phonetic transcription of "reacquire" is /ˌriː.əˈkwaɪər/ in British English and /ˌriː.əˈkwaɪr/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "reacquire": regain, recover, retrieve, repossess.

Example usage of "reacquire": "I want to reacquire my old bike.". More examples on the page.