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[proh] 
adverb, noun, plural pros.–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. |
pro
2 [proh] adjective, noun, plural pros. Informal.–adjective
| 1. | professional. |
–noun
| 2. | professional. |
| 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.
| proline. |
pro-
1| 1. | 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. |
pro-
2| a prefix identical in meaning with pro-1 , occurring in words borrowed from Greek (prodrome) or formed of Greek (and occasionally Latin) elements. |
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| pro 1 (prō) n. pl. pros
adj. Affirmative; supporting: a pro vote. [Middle English, from Latin prō, for; see per1 in Indo-European roots.] |
| pro 2 (prō) n. pl. pros
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| PRO abbr. public relations officer |
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Pro
Pro\, prep. [L.; akin to prae before, Gr. ?, and E. for. See For, prep., and cf. Prior, a.] A Latin preposition signifying for, before, forth. Pro confesso [L.] (Law), taken as confessed. The action of a court of equity on that portion of the pleading in a particular case which the pleading on the other side does not deny. Pro rata. [L. See Prorate.] In proportion; proportion. Pro re nata [L.] (Law), for the existing occasion; as matters are.Pro
Pro\, adv. For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; -- in contrast with con. Pro and con, for and against, on the affirmative and on the negative side; as, they debated the question pro and con; -- formerly used also as a verb. Pros and cons, the arguments or reasons on either side.
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Language Translation for : pro
Spanish:
profesional,
Italian:
professionale,
Japanese:
pro
1866, shortening of professional. The adj. is first recorded 1932. Pro-am "including professionals and amateurs" is from 1949.
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Main Entry: Pro
Function: abbreviation
proline; prolyl
Main Entry: PRO
Function: abbreviation
peer review organization
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Pro abbr.
proline
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