Dictionary Entry
con
con is a 3-letter English word with 11 senses as adverb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A prefix, fr. L. cum, signifying with, together, etc. See Com-. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 7 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1
A prefix, fr. L. cum, signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.
- 2adverb
Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.
- 3transitive verb
To know; to understand; to acknowledge.
- 4transitive verb
To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.
- 5transitive verb
To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.
- 6noun
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- 7noun
an argument opposed to a proposal
- 8noun
a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
- 9verb
commit to memory; learn by heart
"Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
- 10verb
deprive of by deceit
"He swindled me out of my inheritance"
"She defrauded the customers who trusted her"
- 11adverb
in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.
"much was written pro and con"
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