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cons

/ˈkɑns/

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noun

A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).

Examples :

"pros and cons"

aspect negative business economy

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noun

(abbreviation) conservative

Examples :

"own the cons"

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A convicted criminal, a convict.

Examples :

"The prison bus transported the cons to their new facility. "

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A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.

Examples :

""The website offering free gift cards turned out to be one of the many internet cons." "

business law moral negative

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noun

An organized gathering such as a convention, conference or congress.

Examples :

""Many comic book fans attend comic cons to meet artists and buy collectibles." "

group organization event entertainment

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The conversion of part of a building.

Examples :

"The architect showed us the blueprints, highlighting the structural changes required for the cons of the old factory into modern apartments. "

architecture building property

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A data structure in LISP that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.

Examples :

"In LISP programming, a list is built using chained cons cells, where each cons holds a piece of data and a pointer to the next cons in the sequence. "

computing technology structure list technical device

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verb

To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.

Examples :

"To organize the family's grocery list, we cons'ed a new item, "bananas," to the existing list. "

computing list language word logic structure

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verb

To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.

Examples :

"The actor had to cons his lines every night before the play. "

education language

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To know, understand, acknowledge.

Examples :

"After years of working with computers, she cons their inner workings. "

mind philosophy

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verb

To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.

Examples :

"The man tried to con the elderly woman out of her life savings by pretending to be a lawyer. "

business moral law action

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verb

To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction).

Examples :

"The pilot conned the ship safely into the harbor."

nautical sailing vehicle direction technical