con

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (rare) To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.
2. (obsolete, rare) To know; understand; acknowledge.

Noun

A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).

Noun

A convicted criminal, a convict.

Noun

A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.

Noun

Alternative form of conn (“navigational direction of a ship”).

Noun

An organized gathering, such as a convention, conference, or congress.

Noun

The conversion of part of a building.

Noun

Consumption; pulmonary tuberculosis.

Noun

1. (dialectal, obsolete) Squirrel, particularly the red squirrel.
2. (Northern-England, obsolete) A squirrel's nest.

Noun

A political conservative.

Noun

Abbreviation of consolidation: only used in naming.

Adj

Abbreviation of consolidated: only used in naming.

Concepten

bedriegen

misleiden

tegen

boerenbedrog

onderzoeken

ontgoochelen

op een dwaalspoor zetten

oplichten

oplichterij

tegenvallen

teleurstellen

fraude

veroordeelde

dwangarbeider

voor- en nadelen

fraudeur

strafkolonist

een veroordeelde crimineel

afzetten

een veroordeelde

beduvelen

gevangene

nadeel

Synoniemen

trick

deceive

swindle

cheat

dupe

defraud

hoodwink

bamboozle

scam

convict

hoax

gyp

fool

conference

bilk

bunco

conductor

convention

delude

diddle

flimflam

inmate

mislead

memorize

gull

prisoner

fraud

victimize

sting

humbug

rook

learn

double-cross

sham

deception

cheating

con game

trickery

twist

pervert

yardbird

bunco game

bunko

hustle

finagle

hornswoggle

distort

console

underhand action

connection

concentration

rip-off

constant

confidence game

confidence trick

jailbird

deceit

bunko game

screw

gip

goldbrick

yard bird

short-change

memorise

mulct

study

nobble

bluff

fast-talk

outwit

peruse

pillage

ploy

plunder

ponder

pull the wool over someone’s eyes

put-on

rap

ride

rig

rip off

rob

roguish

betray

scheme

setup

shave

shortchange

snooker

snow job

soak

spoof

beguile

take in

treachery

against

wangle

welch

demurral

double cross

fake out

make a fool of

rebutter

take-in

trick someone

hokey-pokey

concrete

tuberculosis

back

🔙

rebuttal

consider

contemplate

contradiction

circumvent

counterargument

counterplea

cozenage

cuckold

chisel

deliberate

swiz

delusion

demurrer

disadvantage

disappoint

do

drawback

captive

dupery

err

examine

fillip

fleece

dishonest action

fob

burgle

fox

🦊

fraudulent

gouge

be unfaithful to

be unfaithful

impose

imposition

imposture

indirection

jockey

juggle

junction

knock

learn by heart

loot

lure

meditate

deceive e.o

objection

Vertalingen

betrügen

escroquer

duper

engañar

contre

tromper

escroquerie

charlatanerie

Schwindel

Kontra

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kɒn/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: connen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: cunnan

In summary

Etymology tree
Middle English connen
English con
Inherited from Middle English connen, inherited from Old English cunnan (“to know, know how”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan (“recognize, know how”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (“to know, know how”), inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”) Doublet of can.