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A pro is somebody who is very good at what they do; short for professional. She's real pro who cares about her job. When it comes to computers, Jacob's an old pro. A pro is somebody who is paid to play sports, sometimes as a teacher; short for professional. He began his career as a golf pro in Indiana, and later taught golf to Bob Hope. Pros in the Tour de France often ride custom bicycles that cost over $10,000. She turned pro in March 2000 at 14, making her the youngest female professional in South Korea. Pro basketball is one of the country's top sports. The pros and cons of a situation are the positive parts and the negative parts. What are the pros and cons of going from one method to the other?

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If you are pro something, you like it, you support it, or you think it's a good idea. Yet when they got into the war, he was very pro the country winning the war.

pro

in favor of (an action or proposal etc.) a pro vote (= professional) an athlete who plays for pay in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc an argument in favor of a proposal

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Simple sentences

My wife used to be a pro-wrestler, so if she ever catches me two-timing her, I'd be beaten to a pulp.
Tom plays baseball like a pro.
The photos are taken by a pro, so they'll turn out well.
The lawyer offered his services pro bono.
No pro golfer in Japan is as popular as Jumbo Ozaki.
Tom is a pro.
I'm a pro.
We need to hire a pro.
Tom does that like a pro.

Movie subtitles

Well, growing up, I always thought I'd be a pro football player, but I got a bum knee, so went into the family business. real estate.
Well, it was a pro move, I'll give you that.
I suppose you've had a look at the pro, and he's desperately handsome. and you've conceived a schoolgirl crush on him.
That pro must have been teaching you other things than tennis.
Pro. promise me you'll tell Sam what I said.
I think that if there's one time in your life to be careful, to weigh every pro and con, that this is the time.
Louis, are you pro-Vichy or Free French?
And me a pro.
Pro-rata Partisans for the Extenuation of the Democratic Dilemma.
But Viveca came through like such the pro she is.
Then you're eligible even though you were a pro, as long as you haven't raced for 2 years.
You drove like a pro.
He thinks I'm a tough man because I boxed pro a lot.
Unhappily, the boy is pro-German.
I believed in the new republic. And I still do. And I'm most certainly pro-Arab.
I see you're still pro-Arab. They're bad neighbors.
It's easy to be pro-Arab when you live in Paris.
He's Gen. Fleury's man. He heads the pro-Arab camp that wants to sell out Algeria.
I was on a pro-Franco committee, fella during the Spanish War.
The first thing, you would have to turn pro.
All right, so now you're a pro.
He'd like to see her make out next week down at that pro match.
Well, then you're eligible even though you were a pro.
She can't play pro tennis, can she?
I suppose you've had a look at the pro, and he's desperately handsome, and you've conceived a schoolgirl crush on him.
Louis, are you Pro-Vichy or Free French?
Well, then you're eligible even though you were a pro. As long as you haven't raced for two years.
He thinks I'm a tough man because I boxed pro for awhile.
You're a real pro on that subject.
Now you're a pro you don't need me.
Handa's a pro.
They were like some kind of juiced up steroid filled monkey on pro-vitamins.
Is that the big pro game at the Coliseum? - Right.
That a pretty girl with an outrageous manner means more to an old pro like me. than a quarter of a million dollars?
I'm a pro at war.

News and current affairs

The Europeans could have tipped the balance decisively in favor of the reformers by finally rewarding the efforts of the pro-EU Turks at last December's summit of EU leaders.
This is reflected in Sarkozy's openly pro-American stance - an act of political courage in a France where anti-Americanism is running high.
The Diet's role was merely pro forma.
A US veto of a Security Council resolution - supported by the Council's 14 other members - to oppose Israeli settlements seemed to signal that Obama had crumbled under pressure from America's pro-Israel lobby.
A more positive view of Obama emerged when the Arab revolts began in Tunisia and Egypt -countries with pro-US regimes.
First, utmost priority should be given to strengthening the mechanisms aimed at preventing pro-cyclical policies and large fiscal shocks.
But because Mubarak regime's is considered moderate, pro-Western, and helpful in the context of Israeli-Palestinian relations, the West's response to this and other abuses remains muted.
But it is one thing for Saudi Arabia not to join an embargo, and it is another to undercut oil politics by flooding the market in a pro-US move.
Hence, he could not accept America's awkward pro-democracy agenda.
Rather, sustainable, pro-poor growth is the key, requiring political stability - that is, peace and security for individuals - good governance, and ownership of policies by all stakeholders.
The answer lies in the support that Indonesian pro-democracy activists can generate domestically and internationally.
To lose Indonesia - a potential beacon of hope to all pro-democracy activists in the world Muslim community - would be a terrible defeat.
On many issues, the positions of populist parties conflict with the traditional pro-capital and pro-market platforms of established center-right parties.
Indeed, our pro-EU sentiments may be all the stronger because our membership in the Union, like our freedom, is so comparatively new.
After pro-reform forces secured victory in last year's presidential elections, all of the branches of government began cooperating to entrench democracy and the market economy in Ukraine.
Nor were his conservative, nationalist, and pro-American credentials damaged.
A Japanese prime minister can be strong without exploiting domestic resentment against the country's neighbors, and conservative, patriotic, and pro-American while forging a healthy working relationship with China.
Most notable has been the work of Senator Ted Kaufman, a Democrat from Delaware (yes, a pro-business state), who has pressed tirelessly to fix the most egregious problems in the US financial sector.
But, in the meantime, governments can call upon the European Central Bank, which the eurozone member states already fully guarantee on a pro rata basis.
NEW YORK - The recent decision by Myanmar's government to sentence pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to a further 18 months' house arrest shows how difficult it is to deal with that country's ruling generals.
This is especially true of China, whose government is focused on the pro-consumption rebalancing imperatives of its soon-to-be-enacted 12th Five-Year Plan.
Asia can avoid this problem and get on with the heavy lifting of pro-consumption rebalancing only by nipping inflation in the bud.