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English Dictionary: Con	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for Con
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
con adv in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was written pro and con" Antonym(s): pro n an argument opposed to a proposal Antonym(s): pro a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison Synonym(s): convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property Synonym(s): bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam v deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" Synonym(s): victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?" Synonym(s): memorize, memorise, con, learn
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Con- \Con-\ A prefix, fr. L. cum, signifying with, together, etc. See {Com-}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Con \Con\, adv. [Abbrev. from L. contra against.] Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See {Pro}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Con \Con\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conning}.] [AS. cunnan to know, be able, and (derived from this) cunnian to try, test. See {Can}, v. t. & i.] 1. To know; to understand; to acknowledge. [Obs.] Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill. --Spenser. They say they con to heaven the highway. --Spenser. 2. To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously. Fixedly did look Upon the muddy waters which he conned As if he had been reading in a book. --Wordsworth. I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson. --Burke. {To con answer}, to be able to answer. [Obs.] {To con thanks}, to thank; to acknowledge obligation. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Con \Con\, v. t. [See {Cond}.] (Naut.) To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
con n. [from SF fandom] A science-fiction convention. Not used of other sorts of conventions, such as professional meetings. This term, unlike many others imported from SF-fan slang, is widely recognized even by hackers who aren't {fan}s. "We'd been corresponding on the net for months, then we met face-to-face at a con."
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
con [SF fandom] A science-fiction convention. Not used of other sorts of conventions, such as professional meetings. This term, unlike many others of SF-fan slang, is widely recognised even by hackers who aren't {fan}s. "We'd been corresponding on the net for months, then we met face-to-face at a con." [{Jargon File}]