Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An argument or consideration in favor of something.
- noun One who supports a proposal or takes the affirmative side in a debate.
- adverb In favor; affirmatively.
- adjective Affirmative; supporting.
- noun A professional, especially in sports.
- noun An expert in a field of endeavor.
- adjective Professional.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A prefix of Latin or Greek origin, meaning ‘before,’ ‘in front,’ ‘fore,’ ‘forth,’ ‘forward.’ In some words, as proconsul, proprætor, pronoun, etc., it is properly the preposition (Latin pro, for, instead of).
- noun A Latin preposition occurring in several phrases used in English.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; -- in contrast with
con . - adverb for and against, on the affirmative and on the negative side; ; -- formerly used also as a verb.
- adverb the arguments or reasons on either side.
- preposition A Latin preposition signifying
for ,before ,forth . - preposition (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.
- preposition In proportion; proportion.
- preposition (Law) for the existing occasion; as matters are.
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- abbreviation ISO 639 code for
Old Provençal - noun a professional sportsman
- noun colloquial
professional someone who is very good at something - noun an
advantage of something, especially when contrasted with itsdisadvantages (cons ). - preposition In favor of
- noun A
prostitute .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc.
- noun an argument in favor of a proposal
- adjective in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)
- noun an athlete who plays for pay
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Perhaps only the one proposed by Micheal Crichton – funding pro and ~pro stances in science equally. hans kelp
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Practical Grammar and Composition Thomas Wood
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He had always intended to celebrate this garden, and when he was preparing to return to Batsford in 1915 he wrote to me that he was going to write an _Apologia pro Horto meo_, as long before he had composed one _pro Banibusis meis_.
Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Edmund Gosse 1888
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I see that good men are to know, that learned men are not so good as I formerly thougfat imperfect, and know but little as they were, but have more imper with bare church communion, firming such young uuexperien - and such common love which I cedprofeflsors, andkeepingtbem must allow the wiclted, who pro - in order in their religious pro« fesseth himself a true Christian gress.
The Panoplist (and Missionary magazine) conducted by an association of ... 1812
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Illa aute non educla merito dicitur cu - iusprscipuseoperationcs fine elcmetari materiaquam infor - mat, cffici valent • Nam huiuf - modi forma poflc efie fine pro - pria materia cenfendacft, cuius infigniores operatroncs, orga - nopropriOiVtinftrumentOano ANTONIAN A indigcntjVtprsecipuum & pro-« prium munus obeatur.
Antoniana Margarita: opus nempe physicis, medicis ac theologis non minus ... 1554
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JAI tentionalis suis in actibus • Illud intellectus proponit volunta* ti) quod tamen ea pro sua libertate in humanis actionibus aut com* plectityr y aut aspernatur; nisi forte omittat actionem positivam pro* secutionis, aut aversionis circa rem propositam pro indole libertatis) quam dicunt penes specificationem, aut exercUium.
Tractatus theologicus de charitate, in quo expenditur systema J.V. Bolgenj de amore Dei. Accedit ... Joseph Chantre Herrera, Giovanni Vincenzo Bolgeni 1792
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We advise against using the term "volunteer," and some people like the term "pro bono" especially in the legal field, where it is common.
Kristin Maschka: Resume Advice After a Career Break: An Interview With iRelaunch Kristin Maschka 2011
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Some object to the term pro-life on the grounds that it gives the anti-abortion movement an unfair advantage.
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(In Beinart's case, I use the term pro-Israel without the quotation marks that I use when I describe organizations like AIPAC, the American Jewish Committee and The Israel Project which are in the "pro-Israel" business and insouciantly support policies that are destructive to Israel) ..
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(In Beinart's case, I use the term pro-Israel without the quotation marks that I use when I describe organizations like AIPAC, the American Jewish Committee and The Israel Project which are in the "pro-Israel" business and insouciantly support policies that are destructive to Israel) ..
bilby commented on the word pro
"About 15 years later, Loeb had another brain wave. He realised that their design could be exploited to generate power. Working at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in Beer Sheva, Israel, he envisaged a tank with two chambers separated by a semipermeable membrane. With saltwater on one side and fresh on the other, osmosis would draw fresh water into the salty side, raising its pressure. This pressurised saltwater could then be piped through a turbine to generate electricity (see diagram). Loeb named this process pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) and patented it in 1973."
- Kate Ravilious, Salt solution: Cheap power from the river's mouth, newscientist.com, 25 Feb 2009.
April 8, 2009