1. The act of acquiring or obtaining something directly without intermediaries or intermediary steps
The company made a direct acquisition of the competitor's assets without using a broker.
A empresa fez uma aquisição direta dos ativos do concorrente sem usar um intermediário.
2. In business, the purchase of a company or its assets by another company through a direct transaction
The direct acquisition allowed the firm to integrate operations immediately.
A aquisição direta permitiu à empresa integrar as operações imediatamente.
3. In linguistics and language learning, acquiring knowledge of a language directly through immersion or native exposure
Children often achieve language skills through direct acquisition rather than formal instruction.
As crianças frequentemente adquirem habilidades linguísticas através de aquisição direta em vez de instrução formal.