pro has definitions from the fields of sport,work
1
[ adjective ] in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)

Examples

"a pro vote"

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

`` We 're getting more ' pro ' letters than ' con ' on horse_race betting '' , said Ratcliff .

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

This is an issue which boils_down to a matter of opinion , depending_on whether you 're an American or National fan and anti or pro Yankee .

(Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)

The P.D.I. and later the Popular_Movement protected the Istiqlal 's `` privileged position '' until the fall of Balafrej , and_then the Istiqlal used the same argument , which it had previously ignored , against the pro U.N.F.P. tendencies of the Ibrahim government .

Related terms

anti affirmative

2
[ noun ] (sport,work) an athlete who plays for pay

Synonyms

professional

Used in print

(The New York Times,...)

Their secondary hero is another pro , Willie_Chisholm , who drank his lunch during another Open and tried to blast his way out of a rock strewn gully .

3
[ adverb ] on the affirmative side

Related terms

con

4
[ noun ] an argument in favor of a proposal

Related terms

con argument

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