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con

verb
/kɒn/UK/kɑn/US

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Perhaps a clipping of Middle English acquerne, aquerne, ocquerne, okerne (“squirrel”), from Old English ācweorna, āqueorna, āquorna, ācurna (“squirrel”), from Proto-West Germanic *aikwernō, from Proto-Germanic *aikwernô (“squirrel”); or from its Old Norse cognate íkorni (“squirrel”), from the same ultimate source. Cognate with West Frisian iikhoarn (“squirrel”), Dutch eekhoorn (“squirrel”), German Eichhorn (“squirrel”), Icelandic íkorni (“squirrel”).

  1. inherited from *ǵneh₃-✻
  2. inherited from *kunnaną✻
  3. inherited from *kunnan✻
  4. inherited from cunnan
  5. inherited from connen

Definitions

  1. To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of

    To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.

    • For Caſſius is a-weary of the World: / Hated by one he loues, brau'd by his Brother, / Check'd like a bondman, all his faults obſeru'd, / Set in a Note-booke, learn'd, and con'd by roate / To caſt into my Teeth.
    • At length, himself unsettling, he the pond / Stirred with his staff, and fixedly did look / Upon the muddy water, which he conned, / As if he had been reading in a book
    • I did not come into parliament to con my lesson. I had earned my pension before I set my foot in St. Stephen's chapel.

  2. To know

    To know; understand; acknowledge.

    • Of Muses Hobbinol, I conne no skill

  3. A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).

    • pros and cons
  4. ›+ 19 more definitions

    1. A convicted criminal, a convict.

    2. A fraud

      A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.

      • My heart is breaking for my sister And the con that she called "love"
      • Leavers will be attracted to that story because it spares them the discomfort of admitting that they voted for a con, and then made a prime minister of the con artist.

    3. To trick, lie or defraud, usually for personal gain.

      • Neoliberalism has conned us into fighting climate change as individuals [title]

    4. Alternative form of conn (“direct a ship”).

    5. Alternative form of conn (“navigational direction of a ship”).

    6. An organized gathering, such as a convention, conference, or congress.

    7. The conversion of part of a building.

      • We're getting a loft con done next year.

    8. Consumption

      Consumption; pulmonary tuberculosis.

    9. Squirrel, particularly the red squirrel.

    10. A squirrel's nest.

    11. A political conservative.

      • own the cons

    12. Abbreviation of consolidation

      Abbreviation of consolidation: only used in naming.

    13. Abbreviation of consolidated

      Abbreviation of consolidated: only used in naming.

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

    15. A female given name, a diminutive form of Connie.

    16. Abbreviation of Conservative.

    17. Initialism of Certificate of Need.

    18. Initialism of constitution point.

    19. Abbreviation of Conservative Party.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at con. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01con02pros03pro04disadvantages05disadvantage

A definitional loop anchored at con. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at con

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA