PRO AND CON

Definition: PRO AND CON

PRO AND CON

1. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Domain	Definition
19th Century Satire	Prefixes of opposite meaning. For example, Progress and Congress. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.
Literature	Pro and Con (Latin). For and against. "Con." is a contraction of contra. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Motive	Reason, ground, call, principle; by end, by purpose; mainspring, primum mobile, keystone; the why and the wherefore; pro and con, reason why; secret motive, arriere pensee; intention.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: PRO AND CON

Specialty definitions using "PRO AND CON": Master of Sentences. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Philosophical Dilemmas: A Pro and Con Introduction to the Major Questions (reference) Physician-Assisted Suicide: Pro and Con (Point/Counterpoint, Philosophers Debate Contemporary Issues) (reference) Presidents from Nixon through Carter, 1969-1981: Debating the Issues in Pro and Con Primary Documents (reference) Presidents from Theodore Roosevelt Through Coolidge, 1901-1929: Debating the Issues in Pro and Con Primary Documents (The President's Position) (reference) Same-Sex Marriage: Pro and Con (reference) (more book examples)
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Expression using "PRO AND CON": speak pro and con. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "PRO AND CON"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		за и против. (various references)

Czech		pro a proti (the pros and cons, the pros and the cons). (various references)

Hungarian		mellette és ellene (pro and contra). (various references)

Italian		pro e contro. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		可否 (advisability, ayes and noes, propriety, right and wrong). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かひ (advisability, ayes and noes, floral envelope, fruit peeling, perianth, propriety, right and wrong, servant girl, tanka inscription). (various references)

Manx		ny lheh as noi. (various references)

Pig Latin		opray anday oncay

Portuguese		prós e contras. (various references)

Romanian		vorbi pro şi contra (speak pro and con). (various references)

Russian		за и против (pro tem, the pros and the cons). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		za i protiv (con: the pros and cons, pro: the pros and the cons). (various references)

Spanish		el pro y el contra (pro and contra). (various references)

Swedish		för och emot. (various references)

Turkish		leyhte ve aleyhte. (various references)

Ukrainian		за і проти. (various references)

Vietnamese		thuận v� chống, tán th� nh v� phản đối. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-n-n-o-o-p-r"
	-2 letters: cardoon, pandoor.
	-3 letters: candor, condor, cordon, corona, nonpar, pardon, racoon.
	-4 letters: acorn, adorn, ancon, apron, canon, capon, codon, condo, copra, croon, donna, donor, droop, narco, porno, racon, radon, rondo.
	-5 letters: anon, apod, arco, capo, card, carn, carp, coda, conn, coon, coop, cord, corn, crap, crop, darn, dona, door, dopa, dorp, drop, narc, nard, nona.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-d-n-n-o-o-p-r"
	+5 letters: unincorporated.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
pro and con	23
abortion pro and con	16
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

PRO AND CON

Definition: PRO AND CON

PRO AND CON

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Modern Translation: PRO AND CON

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