0 a relationship between two people who have met but do not know each other well:
Ours was a strictly professional acquaintanceship.
He proposed to his wife after only three days of acquaintanceship.
She struck up an acquaintanceship with the owner of the convenience store.
It would be unfair to draw conclusions about her on such brief acquaintanceship.
It was the second time in their acquaintanceship that he had insulted her.
Clearly, there are advantages for outgroup persons to claim acquaintanceship, especially in business dealings, which are one of the most common reasons for outgroup engagement.
It was, to say the least, an inauspicious beginning to an acquaintanceship that would span many decades.
I can only say that when these gentlemen come to visit us, they must have a very narrow circle of acquaintanceship.
I generally met them for the first time in prison and the acquaintanceship has ripened later in happier circumstances.
It resumes a former acquaintanceship that we had in our business careers.
