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cons¹

noun

  1. plural plural of con

cons²

  • /ˈkɑnz/
  • /ˈkɑns/

Rhymes with -ɑnz, -ɑns

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Clipping of construct.

noun conses

  1. A data structure in Lisp that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.

    Similar: cons cell

verb conses · consing · consed

  1. To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending. This version of length arises naturally from the recursive definition of a list: “a list is either the empty list or an element consed onto another list.”

cons³

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of con

CONs⁴

noun

  1. plural plural of CON

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: learn, memorize, convict, mulct, confidence game, con game, defraud, inmate, bunco, gyp, swindle, jailbird, gaolbird, nobble, hustle, diddle

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@misc{cons_2026,
  title = {cons},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cons},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}