Phrase Hound found 197 phrases and 1,300 compound words that contain pro. The most common are listed below. Open pro in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 197
- pro rataIn proportion to some factor that can be exactly calculated.
- pro formaOccurring, undertaken, or performed as a perfunctory matter, in the interest of form, or for the sake of formality.
- pro bonoWithout charging a fee, done without fee, generally for clients or patients of limited means.
- pro-EuropeanSupportive of Indo-European peoples.
- pro-RussianSupportive of Russia or Russians. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- pro-warIn favour of a military solution to a political problem.
- pro-lifeOf, pertaining to, or supportive of the right to life; believing that life should be protected from its beginning to natural death in all or most circumstances.
- pro-choiceSupportive of a person's right to choose whether or not to have an abortion.
- pro seRepresenting oneself (in court); without an attorney.
- pro temporetemporarily; for the time being
- pro-democracyIn favor of democracy.
- XP Pro
- quid pro quoSomething which is understood as something else; an equivocation.
- All-ProA professional American football player selected (typically by press organizations) as the best player in a particular position during a given season.
- pro-formA word that substitutes for words, phrases, clauses, or sentences, whose meaning is recoverable in context.
- pro-gaySupporting gay people, or rights for gay people.
- pro shopA shop at a sports club that sells equipment, often run by a professional in that sport
- pro-EDPromoting or encouraging eating disorders.
- pro-WesternIdeologically aligned with the nations of the Western Bloc.
- pro-buildTo build prior to necessity.
- pro maxThe ultimate or the most hilarious version.
- Pro football
- per proper procurationem; by the agency of (used when signing a letter in place of someone else)
- pro perAbbreviation of in propria persona: By the person themselves; often used when a defendant is representing themselves in court without an attorney.
- pro-businessAlternative form of probusiness: In favour of business.
Compound words 1,300
- progressMovement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
- proactiveActing in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty.
- pronounA part of speech that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective.
- prologueA speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.
- prolactinA peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland; it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation in females.
- profligateInclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
- profligacyCareless wastefulness.
- prodomThe realm of professional writers, as opposed to fandom.
- prodromeA precursor or harbinger; also a warning event.
- proseminarA seminar that is open to (and accessible to) upper level undergraduates; contrasts with a graduate seminar (for graduate students only), which assumes more background.