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Meanings of acquisitive in English

Portuguese
cobiçoso
Catalan
acaparador

Eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas.

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cobiçoso
Usage of acquisitive in English
1
The shops gave her none of the acquisitive pleasure he had expected.
Captivity
2
Convertibles are often used by fast-growing or acquisitive companies, like Just Eat.
Reuters
3
The acquisitive Valeant has reasons to be receptive to such an arrangement.
Reuters
4
Other acquisitive companies, like Groupon, have also been scrutinized for accounting troubles.
The Guardian
5
All art was divided originally by us into two branches-productiveand acquisitive.
Sophist
6
Has there ever been a more lustrously acquisitive county cricket batting line-up?
The Guardian
7
Japanese companies, faced with a rapidly shrinking population, are seen as particularly acquisitive.
Reuters
8
The deal is the third announced by the always-acquisitive Oracle in recent days.
Reuters
9
The fate of many acquisitive companies is to do one deal too many.
Independent.ie
10
A marginally acquisitive undercurrent could point you in the wrong direction!
The South African
11
Monday's deal tops up the media end of the acquisitive billionaire's communications empire.
Reuters
12
They had abilities enough, but the sane acquisitive gift was not in them.
V. V.'s Eyes
13
However, the recent upturn in prices gives Sonatrach a little more acquisitive muscle.
Reuters
14
He is as acquisitive as a monkey and a magpie rolled into one.
December Love
15
Man is naturally competitive, acquisitive, and, in a greater or less degree, pugnacious.
Proposed Roads to Freedom
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This irritated Cowperwood, as it would always irritate any strong, acquisitive, direct-seeing temperament.
The Financier: A Novel
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Catalan
acaparador
Acquisitive through the time
Acquisitive across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common