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pro-¹

  • /ˌpɹəʊ̯-/ UK
  • /ˌpɹoʊ̯-/ Canada, US
  • /ˌpɹəʉ̯-/ Australia
  • [ˌpɹɐʉ̯] Australia
  • /ˌpɹɐʉ̯-/ New Zealand
  • /ˌpɹo-/ Scotland
  • /ˌpɾoː-/ India

Rhymes with -əʊ

prefix ꝓ-

  1. morpheme agreeing with; supporting; favouring A New Jersey high school will issue new yearbooks after pro-Trump slogans and logos were removed from photos that some students submitted.
  2. morpheme substituting for

pro-²

  • /ˌpɹəʊ̯-/ UK
  • /ˌpɹoʊ̯-/ Canada, US
  • /ˌpɹəʉ̯-/ Australia
  • [ˌpɹɐʉ̯] Australia
  • /ˌpɹɐʉ̯-/ New Zealand
  • /ˌpɹo-/ Scotland
  • /ˌpɾoː-/ India

Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin prō- (“forward direction, forward movement”).

prefix ꝓ-

  1. morpheme forward movement progress compared to regress

pro-³

  • /ˌpɹəʊ̯-/ UK
  • /ˌpɹoʊ̯-/ Canada, US
  • /ˌpɹəʉ̯-/ Australia
  • [ˌpɹɐʉ̯] Australia
  • /ˌpɹɐʉ̯-/ New Zealand
  • /ˌpɹo-/ Scotland
  • /ˌpɾoː-/ India

Rhymes with -əʊ

prefix ꝓ-

  1. morpheme earlier; prior
  2. morpheme precursor (molecule)
  3. morpheme rudimentary
  4. morpheme in front of

Opposite: ante-, anti-, counter-, per-, post-

Thesaurus

prefix

Opposite: ante-, anti-, counter-, per-, post-

Translations

Every language

prefix prefix meaning supporting or favouring

Españolpro-
Françaispro-
Ελληνικάυπερ- yper-
Русскийпро- pro-
עבריתפְּרוֹ־ p'ro-

prefix prefix

Русскийпред- pred-

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MLA

"pro-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pro-. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

pro-. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pro-

Chicago

"pro-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pro-.

BibTeX
@misc{pro_2026,
  title = {pro-},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pro-},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}