different between hymns vs contemporary
hymns
English
Pronunciation
Noun
hymns
- plural of hymn
Verb
hymns
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hymn
Swedish
Noun
hymns
- indefinite genitive singular of hymn
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contemporary
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)
- 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.
- a. 1667, Abraham Cowley, Claudian's Old Man of Verona
- 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)
- Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another.
- Something existing at the same time.
- (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— […]
- 1900, The Speaker, the Liberal Review (volume 2, page 621)
- (dated) A rival newspaper or magazine.
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
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