pronoun [ C ]
uk/prəʊ/us/proʊ/plural prospro noun [ C ] (ADVANTAGE)
B2 an advantage to or a reason for doing something:
One of the big pros of living in Madrid is the night life.
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- You have to weigh up all the pros and cons of the matter before you make a decision.
- That's one of the pros of working here.
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Advantage and disadvantage
- a free ride idiom
- a stick to beat sb with idiom
- advantage
- an ace up your sleeve idiom
- attraction
- be/stay/keep one jump ahead idiom
- cash in on sth
- edge
- fish
- in the right place at the right time idiom
- it's tough at the top idiom
- lock in sth
- lock sb out of sth
- lose out
- profit
- profit from sth
- trouble
- upside
- you've got nothing to lose idiom
- your best/strongest/trump card idiom
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pro noun [ C ] (SPORTSPERSON)
informal a person who plays a sport as a job rather than as a hobby:
a tennis pro
a pro golfer
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Competitors & participants in sports & games
- back four
- benchwarmer
- boot boy
- center forward
- center half
- defence
- eleven
- fielder
- finisher
- gymnast
- outfield player
- outside forward
- phoenix club
- playmaker
- poacher
- runner
- scratch
- sprint
- underdog
- winger
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the pros and cons
the advantages and disadvantages of something, especially something that you are considering doing:
We're just weighing up the pros and cons of moving to a bigger house.
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Advantage and disadvantage
- a free ride idiom
- a stick to beat sb with idiom
- advantage
- an ace up your sleeve idiom
- attraction
- be/stay/keep one jump ahead idiom
- cash in on sth
- edge
- fish
- in the right place at the right time idiom
- it's tough at the top idiom
- lock in sth
- lock sb out of sth
- lose out
- profit
- profit from sth
- trouble
- upside
- you've got nothing to lose idiom
- your best/strongest/trump card idiom
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proadjective, preposition
uk/prəʊ/us/proʊ/supporting or agreeing with something:
Are you pro or anti the new bill (= do you support it or are you against it)?
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- She's really pro gay rights.
- Are you pro smoking, despite the risks?
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Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- defensible
- endorse
- espouse
- fight your corner idiom
- right behind sb idiom
- speak
- sponsor
- stake
- stand by sb
- stand by sth
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- sympathize
- sympathy
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