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Cons.

 
Use cons in a Sentence
1. Conservative.
2. Constable.
3. Constitution.
4. Consul.
5. Consulting.

cons.

 
1. consecrated.
2. conservative.
3. (in prescriptions) conserve; keep. Origin:
< L conservā
4. consolidated.
5. consonant.
6. constable.
7. constitution.
8. constitutional.
9. construction.
10. consul.
11. consulting.

con

1  [kon]
–adverb
1. against a proposition, opinion, etc.: arguments pro and con.
–noun
2. the argument, position, arguer, or voter against something.
Compare pro 1 .

Origin:
1575–85; short for L contrā in opposition, against

con

2  [kon]
–verb (used with object), conned, con⋅ning.
1. to learn; study; peruse or examine carefully.
2. to commit to memory.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME cunnen, OE cunnan var. of can 1 in sense “become acquainted with, learn to know”

con

3  [kon] verb, conned, con⋅ning, noun Nautical
–verb (used with object)
1. to direct the steering of (a ship).
–noun
2. the station of the person who cons.
3. the act of conning.
Also, conn.

Origin:
1350–1400; earlier cond, apocopated var. of ME condie, condue < MF cond(u)ire < L condūcere to conduct

con

4  [kon] adjective, verb, conned, con⋅ning, noun Informal.
–adjective
1. involving abuse of confidence: a con trick.
–verb (used with object)
2. to swindle; trick: That crook conned me out of all my savings.
3. to persuade by deception, cajolery, etc.
–noun
4. a confidence game or swindle.
5. a lie, exaggeration, or glib self-serving talk: He had a dozen different cons for getting out of paying traffic tickets.
Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism; by shortening of confidence

con

5  [kon]
–noun Slang.
a convict.
Origin:
1715–25; by shortening

con

6  [kon]
–verb (used with object), conned, con⋅ning. British Dialect.
1. to strike, hit, or rap (something or someone).
2. to hammer (a nail or peg).
3. to beat or thrash a person with the hands or a weapon.
Origin:
1890–95; perh. akin to F cognée hatchet, cogner to knock in, drive (a nail) home
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con 1   (kŏn)   
adv.  In opposition or disagreement; against: debated the issue pro and con.
n.  
  1. An argument or opinion against something.
  2. One who holds an opposing opinion or view.

[Short for contra.]
con 2   (kŏn)   
tr.v.   conned, con·ning, cons
  1. To study, peruse, or examine carefully.
  2. To learn or commit to memory.

[Middle English connen, to know, from Old English cunnan; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.]
con'ner n.
con 3 or conn   (kŏn)   
tr.v.   conned, con·ning, cons or conns
To direct the steering or course of (a vessel).
n.  
  1. The station or post of the person who steers a vessel.
  2. The act or process of steering a vessel.

[From cond, from Middle English conduen, from Old French conduire, from Latin condūcere, to lead together; see conduce.]
con 4   (kŏn)   
tr.v.   conned, con·ning, cons
To swindle (a victim) by first winning his or her confidence; dupe.
n.  A swindle.
adj.  Of, relating to, or involving a swindle or fraud: a con artist; a con job.

[Short for confidence.]
con 5   (kŏn)   
n.   Slang
A convict.
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cons

/konz/ or /kons/ [from LISP]
1. vt. To add a new element to a specified list, esp. at the top. "OK, cons picking a replacement for the console TTY onto the agenda."
2. `cons up': vt. To synthesize from smaller pieces: "to cons up an example".

In LISP itself, `cons' is the most fundamental operation for building structures. It takes any two objects and returns a `dot-pair' or two-branched tree with one object hanging from each branch. Because the result of a cons is an object, it can be used to build binary trees of any shape and complexity. Hackers think of it as a sort of universal constructor, and that is where the jargon meanings spring from.
Jargon File 4.2.0
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CONS
connection-oriented network service

cons
/konz/ or /kons/ [LISP, "construct"] A Lisp function which takes an element H and a list T and returns a new list whose head is H and whose tail is T.
In Lisp, "cons" is the most fundamental operation for building structures. It actually takes any two objects and returns a "dotted-pair" or two-branched tree with one object hanging from each branch. Because the result of a cons is an object, it can be used to build binary trees of any shape and complexity.
[The Jargon File]

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