Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
CONS
Etymology 1
Noun
cons
plural of con
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of construct.
Noun
cons (plural conses)
(computing) A data structure in LISP that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.
Synonyms
• cons cell
Verb
cons (third-person singular simple present conses, present participle consing, simple past and past participle consed)
(computing) To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.
Etymology 3
Verb
cons
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of con
Anagrams
• CNOs, NCOs, NOCs, OCNs, ONCs, ONSC, scon
Noun
CONs
plural of CON
Anagrams
• CNOs, NCOs, NOCs, OCNs, ONCs, ONSC, scon
Source: Wiktionary
CON
Con
Definition: - (cum, signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.
Con
Definition: - (cum, signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.
Con, adv. Etym: [Abbrev. from L. contra against.]
Definition: Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.
Con, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conned; p. pr. & vb. n. Conning.] Etym: [AS. cunnan to know, be able, and (derived from this) cunnian to try, test. See Can, v. t. & i.]
1. To know; to understand; to acknowledge. [Obs.] Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill. Spenser. They say they con to heaven the highway. Spenser.
2. To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously. Fixedly did look Upon the muddy waters which he conned As if he had been reading in a book. Wodsworth. I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson. Burke. To con answer, to be able to answer. [Obs.] -- To con thanks, to thank; to acknowledge obligation. [Obs.] Shak.
Con, v. t. Etym: [See Cond.] (Naut.)
Definition: To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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