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pro

/pɹəʊ//pɹoʊ/

pro noun: an advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its disadvantages (cons).

Noun (1)

pro (plural pros)

  1. An advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its disadvantages (cons).
    • What are the pros and cons of buying a car?
    Synonyms:
    advantage, plus, upside
  2. A person who supports a concept or principle.
    Antonyms:
    anti

Preposition

pro

  1. In favor of.
    • He is pro exercise but against physical exertion, quite a conundrum.
    Antonyms:
    anti

Noun (2)

pro (plural pros)

  1. A professional sportsman.
  2. (colloquial) Professional.
    • When it comes to DIY, he's a real pro.

Adjective

pro (comparative more pro, superlative most pro)

  1. Professional.
    • He landed a pro mentorship gig.

Noun (3)

pro (plural pros)

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

Noun (4)

pro (plural pros)

  1. (UK, archaic, slang) A proproctor.

Noun (5)

pro (plural pros)

  1. (historical, slang) A chemical prophylaxis taken after sex to avoid contracting venereal disease.

Noun (6) capitalized: PRO

PRO (countable and uncountable, plural PROs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of pressure retarded osmosis.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of patient-reported outcome.
    • 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).2022 August 30, Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde, Lourdes Rodriguez Fernandez-Freire, Pilar Font-Ugalde, Manuel Galan-Gutierrez, “Tildrakizumab: Efficacy, Safety and Survival in Mid-Term (52 Weeks) in Three...

Proper noun (1) capitalized: PRO

PRO

  1. (Philippines, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Police Regional Office.
  2. (US, abbreviation) Abbreviation of Prohibition Party.

Symbol capitalized: PRO

PRO

  1. A theoretical phonologically null pronoun
  2. (sign language linguistics) Used to indicate personal pronoun in sign language glosses, e.g. PRO.1 or PRO-1 for the first person.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Pro

Pro (plural Pros)

  1. A surname from Spanish.

pro meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

pro in Hindi

प्रो

pro in Tamil

புரொ

pro in Marathi

प्रो

pro in Urdu

پرو
More languagesFewer languages
pro in Bengali
প্রো
pro in Telugu
ప్రో, ప్రొ
pro in Malayalam
പ്രോ
pro in Kannada
ಪ್ರೊ
pro in Punjabi
ਪ੍ਰੋ
pro in Gujarati
પ્રો, તરફી
pro in Odia
ପ୍ରୋ
pro in Nepali
प्रो
pro in Tagalog
sang-ayon
pro in Arabic
مَع maʕ
pro in Thai
ข้อดี kɔ̂ɔ-dii
pro in Vietnamese
ưu điểm, thuận

Examples of pro in a sentence

  • To deny that the arrangement was a quid pro quo would be laughably disingenuous.
  • The firm currently has about half a dozen pro bono cases at any one time.
  • After he retired, he offered representation pro bono from time to time.

All 40 example sentences with pro

Synonyms of pro

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of pro

Forms of pro

Noun
pluralpros
pluralPROs
Adjective
comparativemore pro
superlativemost pro
Proper noun
pluralPros

Plural of pro: pros

Origin of pro

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

Clipping of professional.

Clipping of prostitute.

Words formed from pro

Phrases with pro

18 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with pro

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about pro

What does pro mean?
Pro means an advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its disadvantages (cons).
What is pro in Hindi?
Pro in Hindi is प्रो. See Pro meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is pro?
Pro can be a noun, a preposition, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pro?
Pro is pronounced /pɹəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of pro?
The plural of pro is pros.

Words near pro in the dictionary

  1. PRNG
  2. PRNGs
  3. prns
  4. prntr.
  5. prntrs.
  6. pro
  7. pro and con
  8. pro and conned
  9. pro and conning
  10. pro and cons
  11. pro bono

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pro (page history and authors); PRO (page history and authors); Pro (page history and authors); pro (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pro (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pro (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pro (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pro (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pro (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pro (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pro (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pro (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pro (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pro (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pro (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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