pros and cons

English

Etymology

From Latin prō (“for, on behalf of”) and contrā (“against”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

pros and cons pl (normally plural, singular pro and con).

1. (plural only) The advantages and disadvantages or positives and negatives regarding a specific choice or situation.

   Synonyms: advantages and disadvantages, benefits and malefits, boons and banes, fors and againsts, Thesaurus:pros and cons

   • 2002, Raymond Neutra, Vincent Delpizzo, Geraldine M. Lee, An Evaluation of the Possible Risks from Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMFs) from Power Lines, Internal Wiring, Electrical Occupations, and Appliances, page 32:

     After the EMF project team summarizes the evidence and prepares the pro and con and summary arguments, other environmental scientists in DHS will be asked to review the original literature and critique the summary and the pro and con arguments.

Translations

for and against

• Arabic: مَحَاسِن وَمَسَاوِئ (maḥāsin wamasāwiʔ)
• Catalan: el pro i el contra (ca) m, els pros i els contres (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 優缺點 / 优缺点 (zh) (yōuquēdiǎn), 利弊 (zh) (lìbì)

• Czech: pro a proti n pl, klady a zápory m pl
• Danish: fordele & ulemper
• Dutch: voordelen en nadelen
• Finnish: hyvät ja huonot puolet
• French: pours et contres pl, le pour et le contre (fr)
• Georgian: დადებითი და უარყოფითი მხარეები (dadebiti da uarq̇opiti mxareebi), პლუსები და მინუსები (ṗlusebi da minusebi)
• German: Für und Wider (de) n, Pro und Contra n, Vor- und Nachteile pl
• Greek: τα υπέρ και τα κατά n pl (ta ypér kai ta katá)
• Hebrew: בעד ונגד
• Hungarian: mellette és ellene, érvek és ellenérvek (hu)
• Indonesian: pro dan kontra
• Italian: pro e contro pl
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} メリットとデメリット (meritto to demeritto) , 賛否 (ja) (さんぴ, sanpi), 長短 (ja) (ちょうたん, chōtan)
• Javanese: pro lan kontra
• Korean: 장단점(長短點) (jangdanjeom)
• Latin: pro et contra
• Macedonian: предности и недостатоци (prednosti i nedostatoci)
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: za i przeciw pl, plusy i minusy pl
• Portuguese: prós e contras m pl
• Russian: за и про́тив (ru) pl (za i prótiv), плю́сы и ми́нусы pl (pljúsy i mínusy)
• Spanish: el pro y el contra m, los pros y los contras m pl
• Swedish: för- och nackdelar
• Tagalog: ayon at taliwas
• Turkish: artılar ve eksiler pl, avantajlar ve dezavantajlar pl, lehte ve aleyhte olanlar
• Ukrainian: за та про́ти (za ta próty)

Verb

pros and cons

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pro and con