I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
on a pro rata basis
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Fees are calculated on a pro rata basis .
pro bono
pro forma invoice
pro forma
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pro forma approval
pro rata
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Fees are calculated on a pro rata basis .
pro tem
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the president pro tem of the Senate
quid pro quo
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There’s a quid pro quo for everything in politics – you’ll soon learn that.
weighing up the pros and cons (= the advantages and disadvantages )
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We’re still weighing up the pros and cons of the two options.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
old
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As one would expect of two old pros with an insatiable appetite for the game, we hardly stopped talking about football.
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By the end of 1964, Alvin and his dancers were old pros at the exhausting business of touring.
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The public -- from upstarts to old pros -- is welcome to join this latest Friends social event.
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basketball
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You are the coach of the local pro basketball team, a unit that calls itself the Boston Celtics.
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Then he opened a movie house and said he was definitely done with pro basketball .
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She turned so fast it was like a move out of a pro basketball game.
football
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His first four seasons in pro football , with the Cincinnati Bengals, had been a wash.
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War, like pro football , is a different game these days.
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Zurich Robinson, a black pro football quarterback accused of sexually assaulting a female sportscaster.
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This is how the state of Maryland will fund the pro football stadium in Baltimore.
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The people of Tampa are going to build a new stadium for their perennially-dismal pro football team.
golf
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The status of the golf pro was elevated from serfdom to secular divinity in 20 years.
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Seasoned golf pros have learned to adjust for abnormal strength when they are charged up.
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Which is why the majority of golf pros insist on GORE-TEX fabric.
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Something the wife of a golf pro would wear to a barbecue celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary.
■ VERB
con
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How often we vacillate back and forth, pro and conning things to death.
consider
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Some have wide spools which make for longer casting. Consider all the pros and cons and choose accordingly.
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I can't decide for you, but don't ignore the questions; consider the pros and cons and then decide.
discuss
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Drugs are one option, and you should discuss the pros and cons of these with your doctor.
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Again, two subgroups were formed to meet and discuss the pros and cons of the various structural alternatives.
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In the text, we discuss the pros and cons of the Tiebout principle itself.
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At first he assumed that he had dreamed of discussing the pros and cons of murdering Ivor Newley with Dougal.
weigh
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The focus of the drama shifts to discovering the dangers, and weighing up pros and cons of using the magic carpet.
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Perhaps, although we carefully weighed the pros and cons.
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In calmer times I try to analyse, weighing up the pros and cons.
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But it is a matter of realistically weighing up the pros and cons.
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Before initiating an incident, you weighed up the pros and cons of the costs in time.
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During the past few months, we have again weighed upthe pros and cons of reapplying now, or waiting for the time being.
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It could only be left to each Group Organiser to weigh up the pros and cons of the situation.
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If necessary use the decision-making exercise to weigh up the pros and cons of closely competing options as described previously.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a golf pro
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If there's a fish down there he'll catch it - he's a old pro .
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My accountant knows his stuff - he's a real pro .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A pro teaches two sessions a day.
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Besides, I was one of the pros.
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During the past few months, we have again weighed upthe pros and cons of reapplying now, or waiting for the time being.
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For the Sunday the pros would be on their own, battling it out for the first prize of £500,000.
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So even two-player matches are like watching two top pros playing, albeit without the glorious sight of their beer bellies!
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The focus of the drama shifts to discovering the dangers, and weighing up pros and cons of using the magic carpet.
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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pro wrestling
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a pro basketball player
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Has he signed up one of the most formidable Arabs to ride for his expanding pro team?
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McMullen has had six fights in his pro career, winning four, losing one and drawing one.
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They have also given the lesser players their chance to see if pro golf is for them.
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They were meant to be a pro group while we were just starting out.
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Those problems aside, Acousticubes might prove to be good, quality nerve-centres for a touring, pro musician's setup.
III. preposition
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The party claims to be very pro family.