PRO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pro mean? 

• PRO (noun)
  The noun PRO has 2 senses:

1. an athlete who plays for pay

2. an argument in favor of a proposal

  Familiarity information: PRO used as a noun is rare.

• PRO (adjective)
  The adjective PRO has 1 sense:

1. in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)

  Familiarity information: PRO used as an adjective is very rare.

• PRO (adverb)
  The adverb PRO has 1 sense:

1. in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc.

  Familiarity information: PRO used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An athlete who plays for pay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

pro; professional

Hypernyms ("pro" is a kind of...):

athlete; jock (a person trained to compete in sports)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pro"):

free agent ((sports) a professional athlete who is free to sign a contract to play for any team)

semipro; semiprofessional (an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An argument in favor of a proposal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("pro" is a kind of...):

argument; statement (a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true)

Antonym:

con (an argument opposed to a proposal)

• PRO (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In favor of (an action or proposal etc.)

Context example:

a pro vote

Antonym:

anti (not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.))

• PRO (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In favor of a proposition, opinion, etc.

Antonym:

con (in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.)

 Context examples 

It was a dreary blank that was before us. _Omne ignotum pro magnifico_; and so with heavy hearts we start to find what ships leave for the Black Sea last night.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I begin to think, Watson, said Holmes, that I make a mistake in explaining. ‘_Omne ignotum pro magnifico_,’ you know, and my poor little reputation, such as it is, will suffer shipwreck if I am so candid.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Indiaman in distress; and you shall go there another day, and find them deep in the evidence, pro and con, respecting a clergyman who has misbehaved himself; and you shall find the judge in the nautical case, the advocate in the clergyman's case, or contrariwise.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)