Pro

Definitions

1. A surname from Spanish.
2. An advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its disadvantages (cons).
3. A professional sportsman.
4. A prostitute.
   slang
5. A proproctor.
   UK, archaic, slang
6. A chemical prophylaxis taken after sex to avoid contracting venereal disease.
   historical, slang
7. Initialism of pressure retarded osmosis.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
8. A theoretical phonologically null pronoun
9. A person who supports a concept or principle.
10. Professional.
    colloquial
11. Initialism of patient-reported outcome.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“What are the pros and cons of buying a car?”

“When it comes to DIY, he's a real pro.”

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

“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).”

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