PRO | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Meaning of pro in English
pro noun [C]
(ADVANTAGE )
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pro noun [C]
(SPORTSPERSON )
pro noun [C]
(ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST )
pro adjective , preposition
(IN FAVOUR OF )
Are you pro or anti the new bill (= do you support it or are you against it) ?
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pro adjective
(PROFESSIONAL )
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(Definition of pro from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
pro | American Dictionary
pro noun [C]
(SPORTS PERSON )
infml A pro is also someone who is very good at something:
(Definition of pro from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
Examples of pro
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All variables are coded with the hypothesized pro -multicultural response high.
The limitations of clinical methodology are discussed, for example, the pros and cons of various cognitive assessment tools, and this is valuable.
It is useful to study pro -objects by comparing them to constant pro -objects.
For the sake of simplicity, we assume 100% compliance with screening in these estimates-lower compliance rates would lower costs pro rata.
Rather, simplicity at the level of the pro tanto duties has tremendous practical value.
This is so, whether that work is seen, variously, as responsive, pro -active, collaborative and experimental or as eccentric, tangental and obscure.
Some rural or suburban areas may be heavily 'anti-tax' while some urban areas are heavily 'pro -spending'.
Within this context, legal proceedings in military courts and arrests of labor leaders, workers, and other pro -democracy activists persisted unabated.
All of these alterations may lead to a pro -inflammatory and pro -coagulant state similar to that described in preeclampsia women.
Instead, it has pitted ' ' pro -accounters ' ' against ' ' anti-accounters ' ' in an unproductive debate filled with accusations and exaggerations.
To the extent that the irrigation systems reach small rather than large producers, their potential effects are considered pro -poor.
At the other, the literal level exists merely as a pro -forma excuse for a venture whose point resides in the second meaning.
They also suggest, however, that such norms may not necessarily produce pro -social behavior.
While pro -aristocratic attitudes became identified with the royalist party, their liberal opponents became ever more criticial of aristocratic liberalism.
In contrast, most of the pro -government marches originated from the poorer, western half of the city.
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Translations of pro
in Chinese (Traditional)
好處, 好處，益處, 運動員…
in Chinese (Simplified)
好处, 好处，益处, 运动员…
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profesional, pro-, pro [masculine-feminine…
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profissional [masculine-feminine]…
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एखादी गोष्ट करण्याच्या बाजूने फायदेशीर कारण असणे या अर्थी…
spordan para kazanan kimse, profesyonel sporcu, desteleyen/onaylayan/taraftarı olan anlamında önek…
pro [masculine-feminine], pro-, pro…
ఒక పని చేయడానికి ఒక లాభం లేదా కారణం ఉండటం…
ஏதாவது செய்வதற்கான ஒரு நன்மை அல்லது ஒரு காரணம்…
zawodowiec, profesjonalist-a/ka, pro-…
proff [masculine], -vennlig, pro…
спортсмен-профессионал, образует слова со значением 'сторонник чего-л.'…
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