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pro- 1
pref.
1. Acting in the place of; substituting for: proform.
2. Supporting; favoring: prorevolutionary.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pro-, pr-, from pr, for; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]
pro- 1
prefix
1. in favour of; supporting: pro-Chinese
2. acting as a substitute for: pronoun [Latin]
pro- 2
prefix
before in time or position: proboscis [Greek]
Translations
Spanish pro- [prəu] pref (= in favour of) → pro, en pro de;
pro-Soviet → pro-soviético
French pro- [prəu] prefix (= in favour of) → pro-
German pro- [prəu] pref (= in favour of) → Pro-, pro-;
pro-disarmament campaign → Kampagne f für Abrüstung
Italian pro- [prəu] prefix (= in favour of) → filo...;
pro-Soviet adj → filosovietico/a
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Tom's heartbreak vanished and he joined the pro- cession, not because he would not a thousand times rather go anywhere else, but because an awful, un- accountable fascination drew him on.
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She went ahead slim and high, and what was left of the Judea followed at the end of seventy fathom of tow-rope,--followed her swiftly like a cloud of smoke with mastheads pro- truding above.
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Shaking a bleeding fist in the air, the minister pro- claimed the woman George had only a moment be- fore held in his arms an instrument of God bearing a message of truth.
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