We are concerned that the broad regulatory definition of hospital-based physicians that CMS has proposed may inappropriately exclude physicians practicing in outpatient centers and clinics merely because their office or clinic is located in a facility owned by the hospital.
Acquire synonyms. Top acquire synonyms (other words for acquire) are obtain, get and secure.
Meaning: Take (territory) as if by conquest. Classified under: Verbs of buying, selling, owning. Context example: Hitler annexed Lithuania. Hypernyms (to annex is one way to...): arrogate; assume; seize; take over; usurp (seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession) Troponyms (each of the following is one way to annex): colonise; colonize (settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world)