noun
Meaning 1
plural of con
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cons
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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/ˈkɑnz/
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/ˈkɑns/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɑnz
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rhymes with -ɑns
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CMU ARPABET: K AA1 N Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A data structure in Lisp that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cons cell
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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verb
Meaning 4
third-person singular simple present indicative of con
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
Clipping of construct.