acquaintance
ਪਛਾਣ
definition
noun
the students had little acquaintance with the language
a person's knowledge or experience of something.
a wide circle of friends and acquaintances
a person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend.
example
To give an example from the purely personal level, an elderly female 'acquaintance' of mine does not drink coffee.
Now, because of her 'acquaintance' with Moher, Zalie was looked at as if she were one of the most important people ever born.
While awaiting the widening of 16th Avenue N.W., you can broaden your 'acquaintance' with poetry at Annie's Book Co.
I left feeling a bit cheated, but in the following days renewed my 'acquaintance' with the Shostakovich concerto - encouraged by the memory of an inspired performance.
Despite the title, this play adds little to our knowledge or appreciation of Beckett although assuming a fairly comprehensive 'acquaintance' with his works.
With the renewal of his 'acquaintance' with her, Jean's life takes a new turn.
I genuinely love the company of women, unlike certain misogynistic Lotharios of my 'acquaintance' .
I renewed my 'acquaintance' with Herbert
Over the five years of our 'acquaintance' with her, Fanny avoids pregnancy when it would be professionally inconvenient.
Black manages to compress a good deal into a limited space, calling on his thorough 'acquaintance' with a vast array of primary sources.
most men of her 'acquaintance' were in uniform now
He could have included elite journalists in that circle of 'acquaintance' .
Many shooters use nothing else, One young fellow of my 'acquaintance' , an avid shooter and hunter, mentioned he had never owned a wood-stocked rifle.
It was the most amazing part of his 'acquaintance' with her yet.
Very clever, Valda, though some professional magicians of my 'acquaintance' manage this trick with much more aplomb and good humor.
When his marriage is disrupted by the renewal of his 'acquaintance' with Shimamoto, it comes back to haunt him.
If, during the course of the night, you happen to meet two philosophical ladies of your 'acquaintance' , it is important that you conduct yourself respectably.
His telling anecdotes draw on years of personal 'acquaintance' with key figures, and alert attendance at arcane, cultish tech conferences.
After graduating from Paris, Burman returned to India to renew his 'acquaintance' with the tradition of the art and the culture of his native land.
Next it brought an experimental 'acquaintance' with grace and forgiveness.
After all, the ladies of your 'acquaintance' belong to high society.
It's appalling to think that a book like this may enter classrooms and inflict itself on young minds with little or no 'acquaintance' with art history.
As soon as the statement was issued to the press, however, anyone enjoying even the slightest 'acquaintance' with the player recognised that the words were not his.
Djuna Barnes was one of the bohemian set in 1920 and 30s Paris, and her creative circle of 'acquaintance' included Gertrude Stein.
It is striking to realize how much of this material is personal-not subjective, but rather framed by her own family history or immediate 'acquaintance' .
Long 'acquaintance' with a work is therefore essential.
She despises George and is diverted by the renewal of her 'acquaintance' with the rakish Judge Brack who offers the possibility of flirting, gossip and intrigue.
The result was Donovan's renewed 'acquaintance' with the world of the bohemian café, a world of poetry and music, philosophy and social politics, meditation and art.
She has difficulty believing the rumours of her husband's 'acquaintance' with the infamous Mrs. Erlynne, but yields to the rumours anyways in hope of finding true love.
Should the rest of us trust what we see on television when our 'acquaintance' with a case is confined to that little bit of testimony that is billed as a confession?
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