pro- BrE AmE ¦prəʊ, prə, prə ʊ , ¦prɒ AmE ¦proʊ, prə, ¦prɑː
▷ —As a productive prefix meaning 'in favour of' (sometimes spelt with a hyphen), ¦prəʊ AmE ¦proʊ (pro-French ˌprəʊ ˈfrentʃ ◂ | ˌproʊ- ). Otherwise, with a vaguer meaning, prə (before a consonant sound only: proclaim prə ˈkleɪm ), or in less familiar words and slower speech prəʊ AmE proʊ ; but if stressed through the operation of a stressing rule usually ¦prɒ+ AmE ¦prɑː (proclamation ˌprɒk lə ˈmeɪʃ ə n AmE \ ˌprɑːk- ). See individual entries.