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adverb
1.
in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc.
noun
2.
a proponent of an issue; a person who upholds the affirmative in a debate.
3.
an argument, consideration, vote, etc., for something.
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Example Sentences
- He's only the best center in pro football, according to a lot of people, including other centers in pro.
- I'd appreciate input, pro or con, from anyone out there who has used this type of software.
- Ask them to provide specific examples for their pro and con statements, based on the things they have read in their research.
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adjective
noun
3.
the pros, the professional athletic leagues, as of football, baseball, or basketball: He's sure to be signed by the pros.
Origin:
1840–50; shortened form
1840–50; shortened form
PRO
public relations officer.
Also, P.R.O.
Pro
Biochemistry.
pro-
11.
a prefix indicating favor for some party, system, idea, etc., without identity with the group (pro-British; pro-Communist; proslavery), having anti- as its opposite.
2.
a prefix of priority in space or time having especially a meaning of advancing or projecting forward or outward, and also used to indicate substitution, attached widely to stems not used as words: provision; prologue; proceed; produce; protract; procathedral; proconsul.
Origin:
< Latin prō-, pro-, combining form representing prō pro1
< Latin prō-, pro-, combining form representing prō pro1
pro-
2a prefix identical in meaning with pro-1, occurring in words borrowed from Greek (prodrome) or formed of Greek (and occasionally Latin) elements.
Origin:
< Greek, combining form of pró for, before; see pro1
< Greek, combining form of pró for, before; see pro1
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World English Dictionary
| pro1 (prəʊ) | |
| —adv | |
| 1. | Compare anti in favour of a motion, issue, course of action, etc |
| —prep | |
| 2. | in favour of |
| —n , pros | |
| 3. | (usually plural) See also pros and cons an argument or vote in favour of a proposal or motion |
| 4. | (usually plural) a person who votes in favour of a proposal, motion, etc |
| [from Latin prō (prep) in favour of] | |
| pro2 (prəʊ) | |
| —n , pl pros | |
| 1. | informal short for professional |
| —the internet domain name for | |
| 2. | professional practitioner |
| —n | |
| 3. | slang a prostitute |
| —adj | |
| 4. | informal short for professional |
| [C19: by shortening] | |
| PRO | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| 1. | Public Records Office |
| 2. | public relations officer |
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Word Origin & History
pro-
prefix meaning "before, forward, in favor of, in place of," from L. pro "on behalf of, in place of, before, for," also in some cases from cognate Gk. pro "before, in front of," both from PIE *pro-, extended form of base *por- "forward, through" (cf. Skt. para "beyond," pra- "before, forward, forth;"
EXPAND Gk. paros "before," para- "from beside, against, beyond;" Goth. faura "before," O.E. fore "before, for, on account of," fram "forward, from"). Pro and con is attested from c.1400, short for pro and contra "for and against" (L. pro et contra).
pro
1866, shortening of professional. The adj. is first recorded 1932. Pro-am "including professionals and amateurs" is from 1949.
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Medical Dictionary
Pro abbr.
proline
pro- pref.
Earlier; before; prior to: progenitor.
Rudimentary: pronucleus.
Anterior; in front of: procephalic.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
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