Origin: Latin suffix -ance
Acquaintance has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
"Despite having many friends, he claimed to have no real acquaintance of how the local subway system actually worked."
a relationship less intimate than friendship
"Even though we've known each other for years, our interaction remains strictly professional rather than developing into a true friendship or deep acquaintance."
a person with whom you are acquainted
"I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"
"we are friends of the family"
A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
"After moving to the new neighborhood, I quickly made several casual acquaintances at the local coffee shop."