PROS

Noun

pros

plural of pro

Anagrams

• PORs, ROPs, RPOs

Source: Wiktionary


PRO

Pro-. Etym: [L. pro, or Gr. Pro.]

Definition: A prefix signifying before, in front, forth, for, in behalf of, in place of, according to; as, propose, to place before; proceed, to go before or forward; project, to throw forward; prologue, part spoken before (the main piece); propel, prognathous; provide, to look out for; pronoun, a word instead of a noun; proconsul, a person acting in place of a consul; proportion, arrangement according to parts.

Pro, prep. Etym: [L.; akin to prae before, Gr. for. See For, prep., and cf. Prior, a.]

Definition: A Latin preposition signifying for, before, forth. Pro confesso Etym: [L.] (Law), taken as confessed. The action of a court of equity on that portion of the pleading in a particular case which the pleading on the other side does not deny.

– Pro rata. Etym: [L. See Prorate.] In proportion; proportion.

– Pro re nata Etym: [L.] (Law), for the existing occasion; as matters are.

Pro, adv.

Definition: For, on, or in behalf of, the affirmative side; -- in contrast with Ant: con. Pro and con, for and against, on the affirmative and on the negative side; as, they debated the question pro and con; -- formerly used also as a verb.

– Pros and cons, the arguments or reasons on either side.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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