pros and cons
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pros and cons
Where it comes from
From Latin prō (“for, on behalf of”) and contrā (“against”).
noun pros and cons pl . · pro and con
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The advantages and disadvantages or positives and negatives regarding a specific choice or situation.
After the EMF project team summarizes the evidence and prepares the pro and con and summary arguments, other environmental scientists in DHS will be asked to review the original literature and critique the summary and the pro and con arguments.
Similar: advantages and disadvantages, benefits and malefits, boons and banes, fors and againsts, assets and liabilities, costs and benefits, gains and losses, opportunities and obstacles, strengths and weaknesses, positives and negatives, benefits and disadvantages, benefits and disbenefits
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of pro and con
Translations
Every language
noun for and against
| Español | el pro y el contra, los pros y los contras |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 장단점 jangdanjeom |
| 日本語 | 賛否 sanpi, 長短 chōtan |
| 中文 | 優缺點 /优缺点 yōuquēdiǎn, 利弊 lìbì |
| Português | prós e contras |
| Français | pours et contres, le pour et le contre |
| Deutsch | Für und Wider, Pro und Contra, Vor- und Nachteile |
| Italiano | pro e contro |
| Ελληνικά | τα υπέρ και τα κατά ta ypér kai ta katá |
| Русский | за и про́тив za i prótiv, плю́сы и ми́нусы pljúsy i mínusy |
| العربية | مَحَاسِن وَمَسَاوِئ maḥāsin wamasāwiʔ |
| עברית | בעד ונגד |
Talk about this word "pros and cons." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pros%20and%20cons. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. pros and cons. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pros%20and%20cons "pros and cons." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pros%20and%20cons.Cite this
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title = {pros and cons},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-07}
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