"PRO" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: PROs [plural]
Etymology: Initialism. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PRO (countable and uncountable, plural PROs)
  1. Initialism of pressure retarded osmosis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: pressure retarded osmosis Related terms: RED
    Sense id: en-PRO-en-noun-M0rbvnBI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English symbols, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 13 14 29 Disambiguation of English symbols: 33 17 13 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 49 12 14 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 12 14 22
  2. (medicine) Initialism of patient-reported outcome. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: patient-reported outcome
    Sense id: en-PRO-en-noun-kN6fneuU Categories (other): Medicine, English symbols Disambiguation of English symbols: 33 17 13 37 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Symbol

Etymology: From the term pronoun. Etymology templates: {{wp|+ (linguistics)}} Head templates: {{en-head|sym}} PRO
  1. (syntax) A theoretical phonologically null pronoun
    Sense id: en-PRO-en-symbol-EXWYzzq9 Categories (other): English symbols Disambiguation of English symbols: 33 17 13 37 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, syntax
  2. (sign language linguistics) Used to indicate personal pronoun in sign language glosses, e.g. PRO.1 or PRO-1 for the first person. Coordinate_terms: pro () (english: little pro)
    Sense id: en-PRO-en-symbol-gbKwoeUj Categories (other): Linguistics, English symbols, Linguistics Disambiguation of English symbols: 33 17 13 37 Disambiguation of Linguistics: 6 5 17 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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