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# con

noun (a con, cons); verb (con, cons, conned, conning); prefix (con-)

«con» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal) A con is a trick to cheat someone, usually to get their money: it was all a con. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/con/#m1)
2. (informal) To con someone is to trick them into believing something false or giving you something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/con/#m2)
3. Cons are the disadvantages of something, as in «pros and cons» (the good points and the bad points). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/con/#m3)
4. (informal) A con is short for a convict, a person in prison. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/con/#m4)
5. A con is also a big fan meeting, like a comic con. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/con/#m5)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and online safety lessons, pupils learn to spot cons: messages saying you won a prize, people asking for passwords or money. In English and persuasive writing, «pros and cons» means weighing up both sides before a decision. Phrases: «a con artist» (a cheat), «con someone out of money», «pros and cons», «comic con».

### Examples

- That free phone offer is a con. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/con/#x1)
- A con artist tricked Grandpa out of his savings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/con/#x2)
- Don't let anyone con you into sharing your password. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/con/#x3)
- Let's list the pros and cons of a school uniform. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/con/#x4)
- One con of a dog is that you have to walk it in the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/con/#x5)
- We dressed up as superheroes for the comic con. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/con/#x6)
- He conned his little sister into doing his chores. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/con/#x7)

### Note

Verb forms: conned, conning. «Pros and cons»: pros = for, cons = against. «Con» is informal, used in talk and news; in formal writing use «fraud», «scam» or «trick». «Con-» at the start of many words (connect, contain) has nothing to do with cheating.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it is not a word but the start of a longer word split at the end of a line, such as con-ciliation. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and online safety lessons, pupils learn to spot cons: messages saying you won a prize, people asking for passwords or money. In English and persuasive writing, «pros and cons» means weighing up both sides before a decision. Phrases: «a con artist» (a cheat), «con someone out of money», «pros and cons», «comic con».

### Examples

- The Twenty-first Path is the Intelligence of Con- ciliation, and is so called because it receives the divine influence which flows into it from its benediction upon all and each existence. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/con/#x1)
- witli that of "double letters"' and "simple letters", which con- trast admirably witii eacli otlier. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/con/#x2)
- The attri- bution of the work to Rabbi Akiba umbjubtedly rests on a con- fusion of titles. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/con/#x3)

### Note

Verb forms: conned, conning. «Pros and cons»: pros = for, cons = against. «Con» is informal, used in talk and news; in formal writing use «fraud», «scam» or «trick». «Con-» at the start of many words (connect, contain) has nothing to do with cheating.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «con» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/con/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«con» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/con.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «con» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/con/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«con» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/con.html) on Mova free.