Pro-form


noun, Grammar.
1.
a word used to replace or substitute for a word, phrase, or clause belonging to a given grammatical class, as a pronoun used to replace a noun or noun phrase, there used to replace an adverb or adverbial phrase of place, as in I parked the car near the entrance and left it there, or so used to substitute for a clause, as in Have they come? I think so.
noun
1.
a word having grammatical function but assuming the meaning of an antecedent word or phrase for which it substitutes: the word “does” is a pro-form for “understands Greek” in “I can’t understand Greek but he does”

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  • Proforma

    adjective 1. according to form; as a matter of form; for the sake of form. 2. Commerce. provided in advance of shipment and merely showing the description and quantity of goods shipped without terms of payment: a pro forma invoice. 3. Accounting. indicating hypothetical financial figures based on previous business operations for estimate purposes: a […]

  • Pro-forma

    adjective 1. according to form; as a matter of form; for the sake of form. 2. Commerce. provided in advance of shipment and merely showing the description and quantity of goods shipped without terms of payment: a pro forma invoice. 3. Accounting. indicating hypothetical financial figures based on previous business operations for estimate purposes: a […]

  • Pro forma invoice

    noun 1. an invoice issued before an order is placed or before the goods are delivered giving all the details and the cost of the goods

  • Proformiphen

    proformiphen pro·for·mi·phen (prō-fôr’mə-fěn’) n. See phenprobamate.

  • Profound

    adjective, profounder, profoundest. 1. penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker. 2. originating in or penetrating to the depths of one’s being; profound grief. 3. being or going far beneath what is superficial, external, or obvious: profound insight. 4. of deep meaning; of great […]


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