What is the meaning of pros and cons??

Philippines
August 21, 2010 1:08am CST
Does this mean positive and negative??? Before, I thought that it was just an Acronym. Can someone explain it to me. I already search for the meaning of those and as of now, I'm slightly confused..
4 responses
@mimeux (62)
• Philippines
21 Aug 10
It's a latin( I am not surre if its latin) word pro et contra. Meaning to say, yes, as you said. It's the positive and negative. And its not an acronym lol it's a derived word.
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@deve_annrn (1856)
• Philippines
21 Aug 10
you may also say it as negative and positive side of things.., but i can understand it better if i say that is the advantages and disadvantages of a certain thing.., I hope this can help you a bit to understand this phrase..=) happy mylotting..
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• Philippines
21 Aug 10
pros means the positive effect of what you will do and cons means the negative effect. as far as i can understand it, when you need to make a choice you have to weigh its positive or negative effect. that is pros and cons. i hope this helps
• India
23 Jan 13
Hi friend, pros and cons are the opposite terms, pros gives the positive aspects of a thing and cons deals with the negative terms of the same thing. In an argument, pros of a thing will deals with the positive aspects and cons will deal with the negative thing. Each and every thing is having its own pros and cons, we must check out them before taking decision