acquaintance

Definition:
A person that you know but who is not a close friend.
Someone who you have met and know slightly, but not well.
A person's knowledge or experience of something.

Use 'acquaintance' in a sentence:

• 1. We should enlarge our acquaintance with foreign countries.
• 2. For instance if an acquaintance wants you to attend a party with him/ her, and you don’t want to go, you must say no.
• 3. Sadly, my acquaintance with Spanish literature is limited.
• 4. My labours in this cause were more than repaid by the privilege of his acquaintance.
• 5. It will be advisable for you to drop an acquaintance such as John, he is not a good companion for you.
• 6. I have only a nodding acquaintance with him.
• 7. I am so pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr Tweed.
• 8. Another acquaintance is a convention and banquet manager at a prominent resort.
• 9. The son of an acquaintance of mine has recently landed a good job on a national newspaper.
• 10. An unmarried acquaintance was once placed on a table of male trainee firemen.
• 11. It was the most amazing part of his acquaintance with her yet.
• 12. We are the casual acquaintance of a long railway journey.
• 13. He hoped their acquaintance would develop further.
• 14. I first made his acquaintance in the early 1960s.
• 15. With the renewal of his acquaintance with her, Jean's life takes a new turn.
• 16. I renewed my acquaintance with Herbert.
• 17. Acquaintance has developed into friendship.