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- noun grammar A word that substitutes for words, phrases, clauses, or sentences, whose meaning is recoverable in context.
Etymologies
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pro- + form
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Examples
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'Farm teams,' a 'semi-pro' league of both basketball and football, pro-form, (that is, playing for pay).
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Art historical viewpoints previously too often considered mutually exclusive - pro-narrative versus pro-form - are synthesized.
NYT > Home Page By THE NEW YORK TIMES 2010
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Art historical viewpoints previously too often considered mutually exclusive - pro-narrative versus pro-form - are synthesized.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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I already have to cope with their dull and pro-form striped ties).
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