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pro meaning

EN[pɹəʊ] [pɹoʊ] [-əʊ]
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    Definition of pro in English Dictionary

  • NounPLprosPREpro-
    1. An advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its disadvantages (cons).
      1. What are the pros and cons of buying a car?
    2. A professional sportsman.
      1. (colloquial) Professional.
        1. When it comes to DIY, he's a real pro.
      2. A prostitute.
      3. AdjectiveCOMmore proSUPmost pro
        1. Professional.
          1. He landed a pro mentorship gig.
      4. Preposition
        1. In favor of.
          1. He is pro exercise but against physical exertion, quite a conundrum.
      5. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • It's unknown if the pro running back's recent sex scandal will hit him in the wallet or not.
          • Durham is an excellent basketball announcer; he concentrates on the defense and coverages, and he always seems to have one eye on the shot clock, which is so overimportant in the pro game.
          • Never drop crotch to a horizontal limb — the pros call it a bench cut — which will produce more water sprouts than you can count.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Adjectives
          • Nouns
            • Countable nouns
            • Prepositions
            Related Links:
            1. en probably
            2. en property
            3. en proper
            4. en produced
            5. en provide
            Source: Wiktionary

            Meaning of pro for the defined word.

            Grammatically, this word "pro" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a preposition.
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