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Pro

//pɹəʊ// adj, name, noun, prep, symbol, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Professional.

    "He landed a pro mentorship gig."

Adjective
  1. 1
    in favor of (an action or proposal etc.) wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc. wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Spanish.
Noun
  1. 1
    An advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its disadvantages (cons).

    "What are the pros and cons of buying a car?"

  2. 2
    A professional sportsman.
  3. 3
    A prostitute. slang

    "1974, "Fynn" (Sydney Hopkins), Mister God, This Is Anna Millie was one of the dozen or so pros who had a house at the top of the street."

  4. 4
    A proproctor. UK, archaic, slang
  5. 5
    A chemical prophylaxis taken after sex to avoid contracting venereal disease. historical, slang
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  1. 6
    Initialism of pressure retarded osmosis. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  2. 7
    an argument in favor of a proposal wordnet
  3. 8
    A person who supports a concept or principle.
  4. 9
    Professional. colloquial

    "When it comes to DIY, he's a real pro."

  5. 10
    Initialism of patient-reported outcome. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "In the bivariate analysis carried out by subgroups, we did not find statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) between bionaïve or bioexperienced patients, patients with BMI < 30 or BMI > 30 in relation to the efficacy variables (PASI and BSA) and analyzed PROs (VAS pruritus and DLQI)."

  6. 11
    an athlete who plays for pay wordnet
Preposition
  1. 1
    In favor of.

    "He is pro exercise but against physical exertion, quite a conundrum."

Symbol
  1. 1
    A theoretical phonologically null pronoun

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Late Middle English pro, from Latin prō (“on behalf of”).

Etymology 2

From Late Middle English pro, from Latin prō (“on behalf of”).

Etymology 3

Clipping of professional.

Etymology 4

Clipping of professional.

Etymology 5

Clipping of prostitute.

Etymology 6

Clipping of proproctor.

Etymology 7

Clipping of prophylaxis.

Etymology 8

Borrowed from Spanish Pro.

Etymology 9

Initialism.

Etymology 10

From the term pronoun.

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