- verbcon (verb) · cons (third person present) · conned (past tense) · conned (past participle) · conning (present participle)
- persuade (someone) to do or believe something, typically by use of a deception:"I conned him into giving me your home number" · "she was jailed for conning her aunt out of $500,000"
nouncon (noun) · cons (plural noun)- an instance of deceiving or tricking someone:"a con artist" · "when depositors, realizing that the whole thing is a con, demand repayment"
Originlate 19th century (originally US): abbreviation of confidence, as in confidence trick.verbarchaiccon (verb) · cons (third person present) · conned (past tense) · conned (past participle) · conning (present participle)- study attentively or learn by heart (a piece of writing):"the children conned their pages with a great show of industry"
OriginMiddle English cunne, conne, con, variants of can.verbcon (verb) · cons (third person present) · conned (past tense) · conned (past participle) · conning (present participle) · conn (verb) · conns (third person present)- direct the steering of (a ship):"he hadn't conned anything bigger than a Boston whaler"
noun(the con)con (noun) · conn (noun)- the action or post of conning a ship:"Mr Cargill, take the con" · "I quickly took the conn and restored the channel course"
Originearly 17th century: apparently a weakened form of obsolete cond ‘conduct, guide’, from Old French conduire, from Latin conducere (see conduce).prefix- variant spelling of com- assimilated before c, d, f, g, j, n, q, s, t, v, and sometimes before vowels (as in concord, condescend, confide, etc.)
OriginLatin variant of com-.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- persuade (someone) to do or believe something, typically by use of a deception:
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- The term "con" has several meanings:1234
- As an adverb, it means "against a proposition, opinion, etc."
- As a noun, it refers to the argument, position, or person arguing against something.
- Informally, it can mean a trick or an act of cheating someone.
- A "con artist" is a person who regularly cheats others.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.con 1 [ kon ] See synonyms for con on Thesaurus.com adverb against a proposition, opinion, etc.: arguments pro and con. noun the argument, position, arguer, or voter against something: The pros of the library project are obvious, but we have to consider the cons as well.www.dictionary.com/browse/conWordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024 con1 /kɑn/ adj. against (a proposition, etc.): pro and con arguments. adv. against: They argued pro and con all night. n. [ countable] the argument, position, or person arguing against something: The cons have it, 20 to 15.Compare pro1.www.wordreference.com/definition/conDefinition of con noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary con noun /kɑn/ (informal) [singular] (formal confidence game) a trick; an act of cheating someone The so-called bargain was just a big con! a con game He's a real con artist (= a person who regularly cheats others). see con manwww.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/a…Definition of con noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary con noun /kɒn/ /kɑːn/ (informal) Idioms [singular] a trick; an act of cheating somebodywww.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/e… Explore further
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