ALL meanings of pro-form
pro-form
P p - noun pro-form a word used to replace or substitute for a word, phrase, or clause belonging to a given grammatical class, as a pronoun used to replace a noun or noun phrase, there used to replace an adverb or adverbial phrase of place, as in I parked the car near the entrance and left it there, or so used to substitute for a clause, as in Have they come? I think so. 1
- noun pro-form a word having grammatical function but assuming the meaning of an antecedent word or phrase for which it substitutes 0