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# pro

«pro» in Mova's school dictionary: **a professional: a person paid for a sport or job** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a pro, pros) — informal; preposition/prefix (pro-)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A pro is a professional: a person paid for a sport or job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pro/#m1)

2) (informal) A pro is someone very good at something: «You're a pro at this!». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pro/#m2)

3) Pros are reasons for something: «pros and cons» are reasons for and against. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pro/#m3)

4) Pro- as a prefix means in favour of: pro-environment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pro/#m4)

5) (slang, euphemism) «Pro» can be short for a prostitute; avoid this use. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pro/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday talk it is a compliment or describes sport (a pro footballer, turn pro). In school writing and debates «pros and cons» are listed before deciding. «Pro» is a clipped short form of «professional». Phrases: «pros and cons», «turn pro», «like a pro».

### examples

- She plays tennis like a pro. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pro/#x1)
- He wants to turn pro when he's older. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pro/#x2)
- Let's list the pros and cons of having a dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pro/#x3)
- One pro of walking to school is the exercise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pro/#x4)
- (informal) You're a real pro at fixing bikes! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pro/#x5)
- She is pro-recycling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pro/#x6)
- The golf pro gave us a lesson. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pro/#x7)
- Weigh up the pros before you decide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pro/#x8)

### note

Short (clipped) form of «professional»; plural «pros». Opposite of «pro» in debates: «con» (against). «Pro» as a prefix: pro-; opposite «anti-». Avoid the slang euphemism meaning.

### In the corpora

- [Lily wins one game and she's "a pro"; she loses five and "the game's broken".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/173-the-game-is-rigged-because-i-lost/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pro» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pro/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.