acquire

acquisition

to rank, have a certain rank (e.g. rank as 3rd)

rank (position on a list)

rank / follow / sub- prefix

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

ranking in; making it onto a ranked list

to rank in; to make it onto a ranked list