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Aquaintance

Description:

An acquaintance is a person with whom one is familiar but does not have a close or intimate relationship.

Examples:

• Noun (General sense): I met an interesting acquaintance at the conference yesterday.
• Noun (Familiar sense): He is just a distant acquaintance; we only exchange pleasantries when we run into each other.
• Noun (Social media sense): I have many online acquaintances, but only a few close friends.
• Noun (Workplace sense): My colleague and I started as acquaintances, but now we are great friends.
• Verb (Get acquainted): We should go for coffee and get better acquainted with each other.

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