PROS AND CONS Definition & Meaning

pros and cons

plural noun

the favorable and the unfavorable factors or reasons; advantages and disadvantages.

pros and cons

plural noun

the various arguments in favour of and against a motion, course of action, etc

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of pros and cons¹

C16: from Latin ��ō for + con, from ��ǲԳٰ�� against

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Idioms and Phrases

Arguments or considerations for and against something, as in We'd best weigh all the pros and cons before we decide to add a new wing to the library. This idiom is taken from the Latin pro for “for” and con for “against.” [Late 1500s]

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This notion prompted a backlash, but WSL bosses had always insisted no firm proposal on this had been put forward and they were simply weighing up the pros and cons of ways to increase the size of the league.

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I think there are pros and cons to that.

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Norris says there are "pros and cons" to having the guy in the same car as you being your main rival.

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Locals say replication brings pros and cons.

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It’s all legal and even logical but the changing landscape is riddled with pros and cons and bad actors.

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