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con-

 
Use con- in a Sentence
var. of com- before a consonant (except b, h, l, p, r) and, by assimilation, before n: convene; condone; connection.
Origin:
< L

com-

 
a prefix meaning “with,” “together,” “in association,” and (with intensive force) “completely,” occurring in loanwords from Latin (commit): used in the formation of compound words before b, p, m: combine; compare; commingle.
Also, co-, col-, con-, cor-.

Origin:
< L, var. of prep. cum with
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com- or col- or con- or cor-  
pref.  Together; with; joint; jointly: commingle.

[Middle English, from Latin; see kom in Indo-European roots.]
con-  
pref.  Variant of com-.
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Word Origin & History

com- 
from L., archaic form of classical L. cum "together, together with, in combination," the prefix sometimes used as an intensive, from PIE *kom- "beside, near, by, with" (cf. O.E. ge-, Ger. ge-).

con- 
see com-.
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Medical Dictionary

com- or col- or con-
pref.
Together; with; joint; jointly: commensalism.

con- pref.
Variant of com-.

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