Con
[kɒn] or [kɑn]
Definition
(noun.) an argument opposed to a proposal.
(adv.) in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; 'much was written pro and con'.
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Definition
(adv.) Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.
(v. t.) To know; to understand; to acknowledge.
(v. t.) To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.
(v. t.) To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Study, fix in the mind, commit to memory, learn by heart, con over.
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Definition
n. a knock.
v.t. to study carefully: to commit to memory:—pr.p. con′ning; pa.p. conned.—n. Con′ning learning by heart; poring over.
v.t. to direct the steering of a ship.—n. the act of conning.—ns. Con′ning directing the steering; Con′ning-tow′er the pilot-house of a war-ship.
a contraction of L. contra against as in Pro and con. for and against.
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Examples
- If I find a reason _pro_ equal to some _two_ reasons _con_ I strike out the _three_. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Con-fined, as the lady said. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Con-signed in a safe quarter,' replied George, wringing the heads off half a dozen shrimps, and swallowing them without any more ado. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- What are you a-settin' down there for, con-wertin' your face into a street-door knocker, wen there's so much to be done. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He neve r attained any literary facility, and was always more successful in conveying his observations by maps, drawings, and con versation than by books. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Ni les élèves ni les parents ne regardent plus loin; ni, par conséquent, moi non plus. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Toute Anglaise, et, par conséquent, toute bégueule qu'elle soit--elle fera mon affaire, ou je saurai pourquoi. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There is an energy, an elasticity in his mind, which enables him to seize on and analyze all questions, pushing them to their legitimate cons equences. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Assuredly he had not conned his lesson; and at first he hesitated, pausing in his ideas, and in the choice of his expressions. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- During these delectable entertainments, Miss Wirt and the chaperon sate by, and conned over the peerage, and talked about the nobility. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Lincoln developed his logical powers conning the dictionary. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- She had sat up of nights conning lessons and spelling over crabbed grammars and geography books in order to teach them to Georgy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Conning tower, one piece hollow forging, nickel steel, oil tempered. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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