Definition of Con

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Definition of Con

Con

Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.

To know; to understand; to acknowledge.

To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.

To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.

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Con Quotations

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?
Paul Harvey

It's an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in exchange for something after death. Even corporations with their reward systems don't try to make it posthumous.
Gloria Steinem

The pressure people put on themselves and the rivalry between the teams is much more marked. And I think that's a good thing. As long as that rivalry remains within the spirit of competition, it con only spur everyone on.
Eric Cantona

It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying and stealing, you cannot con yourself you're in control any more.
Irvine Welsh

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?
Will Harvey

Sometimes you trust someone who turns out not to be honest. There are a lot of things that happen in life that don't turn out the way you're given the impression that they will. And I think that's all kind of a con. But I think we've probably all been hurt.
Sigourney Weaver

It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves about the burden and change being placed upon them.
James Bovard

I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic Con. It's like assuming that all people who write prose are the same.
Harvey Pekar

Politics, in a sense, has always been a con game.
Joe McGinniss

I'm a con artist in that I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it isn't.
John Lithgow

Con Translations

con in Norwegian is lure, svindel

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