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con

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What does con mean?

noun

  1. A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
  2. (slang) A convicted criminal, a convict.
  3. (informal) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
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verb

  1. (informal) To trick, lie or defraud, usually for personal gain.
  2. Alternative form of conn (“direct a ship”).
  3. (rare) To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.
  4. (obsolete, rare) To know; understand; acknowledge.

noun

  1. Alternative form of conn (“navigational direction of a ship”).
  2. (informal) An organized gathering, such as a convention, conference, or congress.
  3. (informal) The conversion of part of a building.
  4. A political conservative.
  5. Abbreviation of consolidation: only used in naming.
  6. Initialism of Certificate of Need.
  7. Initialism of constitution point.
  8. (informal, obsolete) Consumption; pulmonary tuberculosis.
  9. (obsolete) Squirrel, particularly the red squirrel.
  10. (obsolete) A squirrel's nest.

adjective

  1. Abbreviation of consolidated: only used in naming.

proper noun

  1. A male given name, a diminutive form of Conor, Conrad or Cornelius.
  2. A female given name, a diminutive form of Connie.
  3. Abbreviation of Conservative.
  4. Abbreviation of Conservative Party.
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Comfort in worldly circumstances is a con ion which every man is justified in striving to attain by all worthy means.
Samuel SmilesSelf Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and PerseveranceProject Gutenberg ebook #935
THIS institution offers a most admirable, con- venient, and secure depository for the savings of the industrial classes and of others.
William, F.S.A., of Exeter CottonEverybody's Guide to Money Matters With a description of the various investments chiefly dealt in on the stock exchange, and the mode of dealing thereinProject Gutenberg ebook #1903
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We then rode on to our sleeping-place, and had for supper "carne con cuero," or meat roasted with the skin on it.
Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg ebook #944
Rather than pass upon an uncertainty, the experiment will be dissected and checked minutely in order to obtain absolute knowledge, pro and con.
Frank Lewis Dyer; Thomas Commerford MartinEdison: His Life and InventionsProject Gutenberg ebook #820
But we knew it would not do to start off without first getting our master's con- sent to be away for a few days.
William Craft; Ellen CraftRunning a Thousand Miles for Freedom Or, The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from SlaveryProject Gutenberg ebook #585