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• turn pro — phrase to start to play a sport as a job Thesaurus: to take part in a competition or gamesynonym Main entry: pro …   Useful english dictionary

• turn pro — to start to play a sport as a job …   English dictionary

• pro — pro1 [prəu US prou] n plural pros [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: professional] 1.) someone who is paid to do something, especially play a sport, that other people do for pleasure = ↑professional ≠ ↑amateur ▪ a tennis pro ▪ the small gap between top… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pro — pro1 [prəu US prou] n plural pros [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: professional] 1.) someone who is paid to do something, especially play a sport, that other people do for pleasure = ↑professional ≠ ↑amateur ▪ a tennis pro ▪ the small gap between top… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pro — adj. and n. abbr. of professional 1) (usu. sports) to turn pro (he turned pro at the age of twenty) 2) a real, true pro (she is a real pro) ( she does her work seriously and well ) USAGE NOTE: A professional tennis player and a professional… …   Combinatory dictionary

• turn — I. verb Etymology: Middle English; partly from Old English tyrnan & turnian to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare, from Latin, to turn on a lathe, from tornus lathe, from Greek tornos; partly from Anglo French turner, tourner to turn, from… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pro — I UK [prəʊ] / US [proʊ] noun [countable] Word forms pro : singular pro plural pros informal 1) a) someone who works in sport, music, or art as a profession, rather than doing it for enjoyment. Pro is a short way of saying professional tournaments …   English dictionary

• pro — pro1 [ prou ] noun count INFORMAL 1. ) someone who works in sports, music, or art as a profession, rather than doing it for enjoyment. Pro is a short way of saying professional: tournaments in which amateurs are given the chance to play with pros …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pro hac vice — pro hac vi·ce / prō hak vī sē, häk vē kā/ adv [Latin]: for this occasion a motion to admit the attorney pro hac vice as counsel of record Huff v. State, 622 So. 2d 982 (1993) used esp. when an out of state attorney is allowed to practice in a… …   Law dictionary

• Turn It Up (Pixie Lott album) — Turn It Up Studio album by Pixie Lott Released 11 September 2009 ( …   Wikipedia

• Pro-ana — refers to the rejection of the idea that anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder. It is often referred to simply as ana and is sometimes affectionately personified by anorexics as a girl named Ana.Pro ana is a loosely descriptive term rather than… …   Wikipedia