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pro

(proʊ)
Word forms: plural pros
1. countable noun
A pro is a professional.
[informal]
In the professional theater, there is a tremendous need to prove that you're a pro.
I have enjoyed playing with some of the top pros from Europe and America.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A pro player is a professional sportsman or woman. You can also use pro to refer to sports that are played by professional sportsmen or women.
[US]
...a former college and pro basketball player.
Corsin played pro football for nine years.
3. preposition
If you are pro a particular course of action or belief, you agree with it or support it.
[mainly British]
I'm one of the few that's very pro performance-related pay.
4. 
See pros and cons
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pro-

(proʊ-)
prefix
You can add pro- to adjectives and nouns in order to form adjectives that describe people who support or admire a particular person, system, or idea.
He was at the forefront of the pro-democracy campaign in the country.
Younger voters are strongly pro-European.
The mood of the crowd was essentially pro-Murray.

pro in British English 1

(prəʊ)
adverb
1. 
in favour of a motion, issue, course of action, etc
Compare anti
preposition
2. 
in favour of
nounWord forms: plural pros
3. (usually plural)
an argument or vote in favour of a proposal or motion
4. (usually plural)
a person who votes in favour of a proposal, motion, etc
con2
Word origin
from Latin prō (prep) in favour of

pro in British English 2

(prəʊ)
nounWord forms: plural pros
1.  informal short for professional
2.  slang
a prostitute
the internet domain name for
3. 
professional practitioner
adjective
4.  informal short for professional
Word origin
C19: by shortening

PRO in British English

abbreviation for
1. 
Public Records Office
2. 
public relations officer

pro- in British English 1

prefix
1. 
in favour of; supporting
pro-Chinese
2. 
acting as a substitute for
proconsul
pronoun
Word origin
from Latin prō (adv and prep). In compound words borrowed from Latin, prō- indicates: forward, out (project); forward and down (prostrate); away from a place (prodigal); onward in time or space (proceed); extension outwards (propagate); before in time or place (provide, protect); on behalf of (procure); acting as a substitute for (pronominal); and sometimes intensive force (promiscuous)

pro- in British English 2

prefix
before in time or position; anterior; forward
prophase
procephalic
prognathous
Word origin
from Greek pro (prep) before (in time, position, rank, etc)

PRO in American English

public relations officer (or office)

pro in American English 1

(proʊ)
adverb
1. 
on the affirmative side; favorably
adjective
2. 
favorable
preposition
3. 
favorably disposed toward; for
nounWord forms: plural pros
4. 
a person who favors the affirmative side of some debatable question
5. 
an argument in favor of something
the pros and cons of a matter
6. 
a vote for the affirmative
Word origin
L, for < IE base *pro, forward > Gr pro, before, Goth fra-, Ger ver-

pro in American English 2

(proʊ)
adjective
1. 
professional (sense 3) professional (sense 4)
nounWord forms: plural pros
2. 
professional (sense 8) professional (sense 8a) professional (sense 9)
3. 
a golfer, tennis player, etc. affiliated with a particular club as a contestant, teacher, etc.

pro- in American English 1

(proʊ)
before in place or time
proclaim, prognosis
Word origin
Gr pro- < pro, before: see pro1

pro- in American English 2

(proʊ)
1. 
moving forward or ahead of
proclivity
2. 
forth
produce
3. 
substituting for, acting for
procathedral
4. 
defending, supporting
prolabor
Word origin
L < pro, before, forward, for: see pro-1

Examples of 'pro' in a sentence
pro

He is a top pro, so it was good to be around him.
The Sun (2016)
Obviously, we have not yet heard enough arguments about its pros and cons.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Email me at the address below for my e-leaflet on pros and cons of cosmetic surgery.
The Sun (2016)
The app allows you to head to the mountains and connect with the top sports pros in Europe.
The Sun (2016)
I tried to work out the pros and cons.
The Sun (2016)
As an older pro you can get caught in a bubble.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We kept listing the pros and cons.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There are pros and cons to huge artistic success.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
One of the challenges people have now is weighing up the pros and cons of different vendor platforms.
Computing (2010)
Here are some insider treatments used by the pros.
The Sun (2009)
What holds it back is the old quid pro quo.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Here is a horse who needs teaching by a top pro.
The Sun (2010)
Stride has still not given up hopes of playing pro football.
The Sun (2006)
There was no need for an explicit quid pro quo.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
You learn the game by being around good players and good pros and seeing how they behave.
The Sun (2011)
What are the pros and cons of each?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
One former pro rider was riveted by the contents.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
And he has won his first two pro fights in a total of less than four rounds.
The Sun (2009)
Some of the older pros were rough and gruff which must have influenced me.
Moynihan, John Kevin Keegan - Black and White (1993)
He is terrific in the dressing room and a top pro.
The Sun (2010)
So had it been a quid pro quo?
Christina Hardyment Malory: The Life and Times of King Arthur's Chronicler (2005)
What are the pros and cons of an asset purchase and dissolution?
Christianity Today (2000)
Many former pros wind up bitter and twisted.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He is the good pro who went home to live the dream only to land in a nightmare.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The quid pro quo is that companies should go to the trouble of making them as specific as possible.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Strange how the 55,000 pro players voted.
The Sun (2014)
Happily, this is one of the perks of life as a pro sportsman.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Pros Easy to use and understand and limits the suggestion of alternative funds to a manageable five.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In pro football you have 2,000 young men.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I wonder what will be the quid pro quo for this particular kindness?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I don't enjoy leaving good players and good pros on the bench.
The Sun (2013)
You may not survive; you certainly wouldn't become a pro basketball player.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But he was concerned his mum - abroad on hols - had missed his first pro goal.
The Sun (2010)

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Chinese translation of 'pro'

pro

(prəu)

n

  1. (c) (= professional) 职(職)业选(選)手 (zhíyè xuǎnshǒu) (位, wèi)
  2. the pros and cons (of sth/of doing sth) (某事/做某事的)利弊 ((mǒushì/zuò mǒushì de) lìbì) (个(個), gè)

prep

  1. (= in favour of) 赞(贊)成 (zànchéng)

Nearby words of
pro

  • prize
  • prize-giving
  • prizewinner
  • pro
  • probability
  • probability (of sth/that ... )
  • probable
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