WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
prob
(prob),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Brit. Slang.]
prob.,
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025- British Termsproblem.
- by shortening
prob.,
- probable.
- probably.
- problem.
-prob-, root.
prob., an abbreviation of:
- -prob- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "prove.'' This meaning is found in such words as: approbation, improbable, opprobrious, opprobrium, probability, probable, probably, probate, probation, probe, probity, reprobate.See -prov-.
prob., an abbreviation of:
- probable.
- probably.
- problem.
'prob' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
A, a
- Abominable Snowman
- Alyce clover
- ab origine
- abluted
- abolla
- abracadabra
- abulia
- accordion
- accra
- accrue
- acinarious
- acne
- actinomycete
- adminicle
- advertise
- aechmea
- aegis
- aerobics
- agarita
- agnolotti
- agraffe
- albarello
- albatross
- albinotic
- alchemist
- alevin
- alewife
- alexander
- alexanders
- alkahest
- all-fired
- allege
- allegiance
- alley
- allotype
- allow
- almandine
- almique
- almond
- almucantar
- alpha-ketoglutaric acid
- alphitomancy
- altar
- alter ego
- ambystomid
- amensalism
- amortize
- amount
- amphiuma