English words starting with pro

Meanings of Pro forma:

idiom

In a set manner without serious attention

adjective

Done or produced as a matter of form.

Usage examples:

Pro forma reports

adverb

As a matter of form or politeness.

Usage examples:

He nodded to him pro forma

noun

A pro forma document or form.

Usage examples:

Please return the enclosed pro forma

Meanings of Pro rata:

idiom

In proportion

adjective

Proportional.

Usage examples:

As the pound has fallen costs have risen on a pro rata basis

adverb

Proportionally.

Usage examples:

Their fees will rise pro rata with salaries

Meanings of Pro-bono:

idiom

Done for the public good without compensation

adverb

(especially with reference to legal work for a client with a low income) without charge.

Usage examples:

The attorneys are representing him pro bono

adjective

Denoting work undertaken without charge, especially legal work for a client with a low income.

Usage examples:

Pro bono legal services

Meanings of Pro-tem:

adverb

Now and for only a short period after

Usage examples:

David pierce will take his place as managing director at the company pro tem., a pro tem appointment

Meanings of Proaccelerin:

noun

A clotting factor (factor v) that is a glycoprotein whose activated form participates in the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin.

Meanings of Proach:

verb

To approach, come near.

Meanings of Proacting:

verb

To take proactive measures; to act in advance, to anticipate.

Meanings of Proactive:

adjective

(of a person or action) creating or controlling a situation rather than just responding to it after it has happened.

Usage examples:

Employers must take a proactive approach to equal pay

Meanings of Proaeresis:

noun

Practical deliberation or reasoning leading to choice; the power to choose or make a decision.

Meanings of Proairesis:

noun

Practical deliberation or reasoning leading to choice; the power to choose or make a decision.

Meanings of Proal:

adjective

Characterized by or involving movement from back to front, especially of the lower jaw in mastication. contrasted with palinal.

Meanings of Proamnion:

noun

In many vertebrate embryos: an area of blastoderm, located at the cephalic end, in which there is no mesoderm separating the ectoderm and endoderm.

Meanings of Proamniotic:

adjective

Of, relating to, or derived from the proamnion.

Meanings of Proas:

noun

A type of sailing boat originating in malaysia and indonesia that may be sailed with either end at the front, typically having a large triangular sail and an outrigger.

Usage examples:

The early fishers were malays, also known as macassans, from the indonesian islands, and it seems t…

Meanings of Proaulion:

noun

A vestibule or forecourt in a church or temple; specifically a portico or colonnade opening into the narthex.

Meanings of Proavian:

adjective

Of or relating to a hypothetical animal forming an evolutionary link between fossil reptiles and fossil birds.

noun

A proavian animal. compare earlier proavis , and protobird .

Meanings of Proavis:

noun

= proavian .

Meanings of Prob:

noun

A problem.

Usage examples:

There's no prob

adverb

Probably.

Usage examples:

She prob looks lovely without make-up

short form

Used in informal speech and writing as a short form of "problem"

Usage examples:

I'll do it first thing in the morning, no prob!, use the code below, this should not be a prob., no…

Meanings of Probabiliorism:

noun

In moral theology: the theory that, in cases of doubt concerning the binding character of a law or the permissibility of an act, a person should follow the most probable of the available opinions, or the side on which the evidence preponderates. opposed to "probabilism".

Meanings of Probabiliorist:

noun

An adherent of the theory of probabiliorism.

Meanings of Probabilistic:

adjective

Based on or adapted to a theory of probability; subject to or involving chance variation.

Usage examples:

The main approaches are either rule-based or probabilistic

Meanings of Probabilistically:

adverb

In a way that is based on or relates to how likely it is that something will happen

Usage examples:

Humans do not think probabilistically, especially at the upper and lower ends of the probability sc…

Meanings of Probabilities:

noun

The quality or state of being probable; the extent to which something is likely to happen or be the case.

Usage examples:

The rain will make the probability of a postponement even greater

Meanings of Probability:

noun

The quality or state of being probable; the extent to which something is likely to happen or be the case.

Usage examples:

The rain will make the probability of a postponement even greater

Meanings of Probabilize:

verb

To make probable or likely.