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pro and con

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables
pro and -con
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

singular of pros and cons

verb

To debate the advantages and disadvantages of (something or someone).

Transitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

pros and cons (plural) pro and cons (present, singular) pros and cons (present, singular) pro and conning (participle, present) proing and conning (participle, present) pro and conned (participle, past) pro and conned (past) proed and conned (participle, past) proed and conned (past)

Questions

What does pro and con mean?
singular of pros and cons

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