different between acro vs contemporary

English

Adjective

acro

1. of or pertaining to something that combines acrobatic elements with that of something else.

Derived terms

• acro dance
• acro yoga

Noun

acro (uncountable)

1. acrobatic gymnastics

Translations

Anagrams

• AOCR, Arco, Caro, Cora, RAOC, Roca, arco, ocra, orca

Italian

Noun

acro m (plural acri)

1. acre (unit of measure)

Anagrams

• arco
• caro
• ocra
• orca
• roca

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (ákr?n).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.kro?/, [?äk?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.kro/, [???k??]

Noun

acr? m (genitive acr?nis); third declension

1. The extremity of a thing
2. The stem of a plant

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• acro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1631, from Medieval Latin contemporarius, from Latin con- (“with, together”) + temporarius (“of time”), from tempus (“time”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /k?n?t?m.p?????.i/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?n?t?m.p(?).???.i/, (nonstandard) /k?n?t?m.p(?).?i/

Adjective

contemporary (comparative more contemporary, superlative most contemporary)

1. From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.
   • a. 1667, Abraham Cowley, Claudian's Old Man of Verona

     A neighb'ring Wood born with himself he sees, / And loves his old contemporary trees.

   • 1721, John Strype, Ecclesiastical Memorials

     This king was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe.

3. Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).

Synonyms

• (from the same time period): contemporaneous; see also Thesaurus:contemporary
• (modern): current; see also Thesaurus:present

Antonyms

• (from the same time period): anachronistic: in the wrong time period
• (modern): archaic, coming

Derived terms

• contemporarily
• penecontemporary

Translations

Noun

contemporary (plural contemporaries)

1. Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.
2. Something existing at the same time.
   1. (dated) A rival newspaper or magazine.
      • 1900, The Speaker, the Liberal Review (volume 2, page 621)

        Annexation therefore was inevitable; but (as I have said above) it was not necessarily of prime importance in our national policy, and there has been no need to exaggerate—as I fear many of our contemporaries have exaggerated— […]

Translations

Further reading

• contemporary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• contemporary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• contemporary at OneLook Dictionary Search