Dictionary
pro
Pronunciation: (prō), [key]
—adv., n., pl. pros.
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adv.
in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc.
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n.
1. a proponent of an issue; a person who upholds the affirmative in a debate.
2. an argument, consideration, vote, etc., for something. Cf.
con 1.
pro
Pronunciation: (prō), [key]
—adj., n., pl. pros.
Informal.
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adj.
professional.
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n.
1. professional.
2. the pros,the professional athletic leagues, as of football, baseball, or basketball:
He's sure to be signed by the pros. pro
Pronunciation: (prō), [key]—
n.,
—pl. pros.
Slang.
prophylactic (def. 5).
pro
Pronunciation: (prō; Eng. prō), [key]—
prep. Latin.
for.
PRO
public relations officer.
Also,P.R.O.Pro
Biochem.
proline.
pro-
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-
a prefix identical in meaning with
pro- 1, occurring in words borrowed from Greek (
prodrome) or formed of Greek (and occasionally Latin) elements.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
