Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A prefix, fr. L.
cum , signifyingwith ,together , etc. Seecom- .
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- prefix attached to certain words to obtain new, informal, subcultural words in which con- conveys a notion of:
- prefix non-productive used with certain words to add a notion similar to those conveyed by
with ,together , orjoint - prefix non-productive used with certain words to intensify their meaning
Etymologies
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Examples
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Everything about his story bespeaks continuity and sincerity of con- viction.
Radical-In-Chief Stanley Kurtz 2010
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Everything about his story bespeaks continuity and sincerity of con- viction.
Radical-In-Chief Stanley Kurtz 2010
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With all the modern treatments, gadgets and con-, ventions at their fingertips, younger men, he believed, could do a lot better.
VICTOR MOLLO’S BRIDGE CLUB VICTOR MOLLO 1979
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With all the modern treatments, gadgets and con-, ventions at their fingertips, younger men, he believed, could do a lot better.
VICTOR MOLLO’S BRIDGE CLUB VICTOR MOLLO 1979
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With all the modern treatments, gadgets and con-, ventions at their fingertips, younger men, he believed, could do a lot better.
VICTOR MOLLO’S BRIDGE CLUB VICTOR MOLLO 1979
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"As we have seen, one or two people can cast a very negative and misleading light on a program that otherwise con- ducts its operations in accordance with the rules," Castiglione said in an e-mail.
NYT > Home Page By THE NEW YORK TIMES 2011
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"As we have seen, one or two people can cast a very negative and misleading light on a program that otherwise con- ducts its operations in accordance with the rules," Castiglione said in an e-mail.
NYT > Home Page By THE NEW YORK TIMES 2011
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She has been vilified in news reports around the world and called a "professional con- artist," Thompson wrote in the filing.
unknown title 2011
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As the con- vention market collapsed and companies slashed their travel budgets, hotels off-loaded excess rooms onto Wotif's site at bargain prices.
unknown title 2011
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The broader con- text of Wright’s black liberation theology—with which Obama was quite familiar—is at least as disturbing as Wright’s most notorious statements, if not more so.
Radical-In-Chief Stanley Kurtz 2010
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