"pro" meaning in Esperanto

See pro in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: /pro/
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  1. caused by, because of, owing to, due to
    Sense id: en-pro-eo-prep-ueogFy9f Categories (other): Esperanto prepositions Disambiguation of Esperanto prepositions: 32 35 32
  2. motivated by, for the sake of, on account of, for
    Sense id: en-pro-eo-prep-a6a~9~bU Categories (other): Esperanto prepositions Disambiguation of Esperanto prepositions: 32 35 32
  3. in exchange for
    Sense id: en-pro-eo-prep-dbRjowuT Categories (other): Pages with 26 entries, Pages with entries, Esperanto entries with etymology texts, Esperanto entries with etymology trees, Esperanto entries with etymon, Esperanto entries with incorrect language header, Esperanto prepositions, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Pages with 26 entries: 1 8 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 6 10 1 3 1 10 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 8 1 1 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 3 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 9 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 7 10 1 4 1 12 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 9 0 1 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with etymology texts: 26 12 61 Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with etymology trees: 26 12 61 Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with etymon: 22 2 76 Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with incorrect language header: 26 7 67 Disambiguation of Esperanto prepositions: 32 35 32 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 9 4 23 2 2 16 4 10 0 15 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 5 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 27 13 60 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 9 4 23 2 2 16 4 10 0 15 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: per, por
Categories (other): Esperanto BRO1 Disambiguation of Esperanto BRO1: 0 0 0
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