Meaning & use
Acer
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Meanings
proper nounpropertrademark
A Taiwanese company that makes computers, monitors, and other electronic products.
Grammar: Used as a company name before nouns: an Acer laptop.
Patterns
- an Acer laptop
- an Acer monitor
She bought an Acer laptop for her online classes.
The school ordered fifty Acer monitors for the new computer lab.
Acer makes some of the cheapest Chromebooks on the market.
nouncountabletechnicalbiology
A genus of trees and shrubs, including maples, often grown for their colorful leaves.
Grammar: Used in scientific writing, usually in the phrase Acer species.
Patterns
- Acer species
- the genus Acer
Botanists classify the sugar maple as a member of Acer.
Several Acer species are planted along the avenue for their autumn color.
Common combinations
- Acer laptop
- My Acer laptop has lasted four years without problems.
- Acer monitor
- He connected an Acer monitor to his desktop.
- Acer product
- The store sells Acer products at a discount.
Commonly confused: Acer or acre? Acer or acer?
Acer vs acre
Acre is a unit of land area; Acer is a brand name and a plant genus. They sound similar but are unrelated.
Acer vs acer
Written in lowercase, acer is the scientific Latin name for maple trees; capitalized, Acer is the computer company.
Practice
Which sentence uses Acer correctly as a brand name?
Choose one answer.
'She opened her Acer and started typing' uses Acer as a computer brand. Option 1 refers to the maple genus, option 3 confuses it with 'acres', and option 4 is simply untrue.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “Acer”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.