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What does CON mean?

Definitions for CON
kɒncon

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word CON.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. connoun

    an argument opposed to a proposal

  2. convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbirdnoun

    a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

  3. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflamverb

    a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

  4. victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, converb

    deprive of by deceit

    "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

  5. memorize, memorise, con, learnadverb

    commit to memory; learn by heart

    "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"

  6. conadverb

    in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.

    "much was written pro and con"

Wiktionary

  1. Connoun

    A male given name, a diminutive form of Conor or Cornelius.

  2. Etymology: Shortened from convict.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Cona latin inseparable preposition, which, at the beg

  2. Con

    A cant word for one who is on the negative side of a question; as the pros and cons.

    Etymology: abbreviated from contra, against, Lat.

  3. To CONverb

    Etymology: connan, Sax. to know;

    Of muses, Hobbinol, I conne no skill
    Enough to me to paint out my unrest. Edmund Spenser, Pastorals.

    You are full of pretty answers: have you not been acquainted with goldsmiths wives, and conn’d them out of rings. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

    Here are your parts; and I am to intreat you to con them by to-morrow night. William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night’s Dream.

    Our understanding cannot in this body arrive so clearly to the knowledge of God, and things invisible, as by orderly conning over the visible and inferior creatures. John Milton.

    Shew it him written; and, having the other also written in the paper, shew him that, after he has conn’d the first, and require it of him. William Holder, Elements of Speech.

    The books of which I’m chiefly fond,
    Are such as you have whilom conn’d. Matthew Prior.

    All this while John had conn’d over such a catalogue of hard words, as were enough to conjure up the devil. Arbuthnot.

    I con him no thanks for’t, in the nature he delivers it. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPT

  1. con

    A "con" generally refers to a deceptive or fraudulent act, often perpetrated to deceive someone into parting with something of value, such as money or personal information. It can also refer to the negative aspects or drawbacks of a particular situation, decision, or proposal. In criminal terminology, "con" is often used as a short form for "convict" or "convicted criminal".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Conadverb

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

  2. Converb

    to know; to understand; to acknowledge

  3. Converb

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

  4. Converb

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

  5. Etymology: [See Cond.]

Wikidata

  1. Con

    Con is a television series on Comedy Central in which con artist Skyler Stone revealed the secrets of his profession by performing confidence tricks, scams, and hoaxes of various degrees of complexity on camera. These could range from simply claiming that an order for food was botched, to claiming to be a certain profession, which required training. In one episode Stone showed how he received free soft drinks at fast food restaurants by retaining paper cups from various fast food restaurants and then refilling them at soda fountains. Most of his cons revolved around him claiming that he is filming a television show or movie of some sort, and that the product or service he wished to acquire would be advertised in the film or show. The products did wind up getting free advertisement – but on Con, not where they were told.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Con

    kon, v.t. to study carefully: to commit to memory:—pr.p. con′ning; pa.p. conned.—n. Con′ning, learning by heart; poring over. [A.S. cunnian, to try to know—cunnan, to know.]

  2. Con

    Conn, kon, kun, v.t. to direct the steering of a ship.—n. the act of conning.—ns. Con′ning, directing the steering; Con′ning-tow′er, the pilot-house of a war-ship. [Prob. conn. with preceding.]

  3. Con

    kon, n. a knock. [Fr. cogner, to knock.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. con

    See CONN.

  2. con

    This word is derived from the Anglo-Saxon conne, connan, to know, or be skilful. The pilot of old was skillful, and later the master was selected to conn the ship in action, that is, direct the helmsman. The quarter-master during ordinary watches conns the ship, and stands beside the wheel at the conn, unless close-hauled, when his station is at the weather-side, where he can see the weather-leeches of the sails.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CON

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Con is ranked #60960 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Con surname appeared 330 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Con.

    41.5% or 137 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    34.2% or 113 total occurrences were White.
    13.6% or 45 total occurrences were Asian.
    9.3% or 31 total occurrences were Black.

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Anagrams for CON »

  1. NCO

  2. NOC

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CON in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CON in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of CON in a Sentence

  1. Marco Rubio:

    Our party, after four states have voted, according to all the polls, is on the verge of being taken over. The party of Lincoln and Reagan is on the verge of being taken over by a con artist named Donald Trump.

  2. The Presiden:

    The lies, coverups, shaking down foreign countries undermining our democracy will be recorded as one of the worst periods in the history of our country, all led by a dishonorable con man, follow the facts, impeachment on the way.

  3. The FTC:

    Americans are grateful for the sacrifices made by those who serve in the US armed forces, sadly, some con artists prey on that gratitude, using lies and deception to line their own pockets. In the process, they harm not only well-meaning donors, but also the many legitimate charities that actually do great work on behalf of veterans and service members.

  4. United States:

    In some cases, the victims thought they were communicating with United States servicemen stationed overseas, when in fact, they were emailing with con men, some of the victims in this case lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in this way.

  5. Kaley Cuoco:

    To see that be the pinnacle of this season was really cool, we’ve all come such a long way. ‘ THE BIG BANG THEORY ’ FINALE RECAP : SHELDON AND AMY STRUGGLE WITH LONG DISTANCE AND TEMPTATION That was n’t the only behind-the-scenes moment that the cast shared with the Comic Con crowd. According to Entertainment Weekly, Kaley Cuoco and Galecki revealed the circumstances surrounding an on-set injury from a prank gone awry. In an effort to shock the cast and crew during a scene in which the two characters were fighting, Galecki jokingly pretended to punch his co-star in the face. However, the actress' head accidentally caught a chair while she was falling and the end result was stitches in her eye brow. ‘ THE BIG BANG THEORY ’ ACTRESS MAYIM BIALIK RECEIVES ‘ DOOGIE HOWSER ’ ROYALTY CHECK FOR TWO CENTS.

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  • يستهلكArabic
  • престъпникBulgarian
  • ošidit, proti, záporCzech
  • conDanish
  • reinlegen, Con, Kontra, Bauernfängerei, austricksen, betrügenGerman
  • ξεγελώ, ενάντιος, απατεωνιά, μείον, μειονέκτημα, κατάδικος, απάτη, πληνGreek
  • timar, estafar, engañar, estafa, contraSpanish
  • کنPersian
  • vedättää, ohjata laivaa, huijata, haittapuoli, rangaistusvanki, petos, haitta, vanki, huijausFinnish
  • inconvénient, duper, arnaque, contre, inconvénients, escroquer, taulard, ConFrench
  • चोरHindi
  • con, kontraHungarian
  • menipuIndonesian
  • contro, carceratoItalian
  • ConHebrew
  • コンJapanese
  • 범죄자Korean
  • conLatin
  • con, bedriegen, fraude, een veroordeelde crimineel, nadeel, voor- en nadelen, een veroordeelde, fraudeurDutch
  • lureNorwegian
  • konPolish
  • vigarista, contraPortuguese
  • conRomanian
  • мошенничество, против, плутовство, контраргумент, надувательство, обмануть, преступница, [[довод]] [[против]], надуть, управлять, обманывать, жульничество, преступник, недостаток, вести, надуватьRussian
  • luraSwedish
  • ஏமாற்றுபவன்Tamil
  • కాన్Telugu
  • แย้งThai
  • aleyhteTurkish
  • КонUkrainian
  • conUrdu
  • ConVietnamese
  • מיטYiddish
  • CONChinese

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