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fors and againsts en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɔɹzən(d)əˈɡɛnsts/ (General-American)
  • /ˈfɔːzən(d)əˈɡɛnsts/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only) pros and cons
    • If the fors and againsts of any course of action were not so intrinsically mixed, [...] 1892, Rhoda Broughton, Mrs. Bligh:
    • As with his preface, Kang short-circuits the intellectual fors-and-againsts of aid-giving [...] 2012, Helena Grice, Asian American Fiction, History and Life Writing: International Encounters:
    • I was privy to all the fors and againsts, I was the friend to whom he confided his hopes and plans, [...] 1817, Jane Austen, Persuasion:
    • We talked at length of the fors and againsts of each service [...] 2007, Ray Dousset, Rotor in the Green: