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