Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of Constable
- noun of Constitution
- noun [lowercase] of consonant
- noun of consul.
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- noun Plural form of
con . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
con . - noun computing A
data structure inLISP that is a pair ofpointers ,car andcdr , used mainly forlists . - verb computing To obtain a
list from a cons or a nesting of conses; toprepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.
Etymologies
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Examples
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What are the pros and cons of grandmother's raising grand babies? cons~ they grow up with an old woman maybe using slang laungage.
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Many people raise cases like that as an example of how a ban on voting for ex-cons is bad public policy — I recruited a reformed gangbanger once to do voting registration radio spots, so I know from this one.
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Le dîner de cons is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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One of the cons is that Americans hate it -- we would much rather be able to self-refer to a specialist rather than have to go through a managed-care process.
Why No Electronic Medical Records?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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The beauty of many long cons is that the sucker thinks they're getting away with more for less.
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To me, the best thing about cons is the people you meet and the friends you make.
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AK: Seriously, the amazing wonderful thing about these cons is that you really don't have to choose.
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One of the criticisms routinely leveled at certain media cons is that they over-invite guests in an effort to bolster preregistration sales, then when the con arrives many of the expected guests have canceled for "personal reasons."
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AK: Seriously, the amazing wonderful thing about these cons is that you really don't have to choose.
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One of the criticisms routinely leveled at certain media cons is that they over-invite guests in an effort to bolster preregistration sales, then when the con arrives many of the expected guests have canceled for "personal reasons."
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