acquainted
adj.adj. knowing someone or something personally. When you are acquainted with a person, you have met them but you are not close friends.
adj. knowing or being familiar with a person, place, or subject. Often used predicatively after a linking verb and followed by the preposition 'with'.
I am already acquainted with the new manager.
The lawyer spent the weekend getting acquainted with the details of the case before the trial began.
While they were briefly acquainted during their university years, they did not become close collaborators until they were reunited at a conference a decade later.
Typically follows a linking verb like 'be', 'become', or 'get'. Almost always paired with the preposition 'with'.
I am acquainted to himI am acquainted with himThe adjective requires the preposition 'with' rather than 'to'.