English Explanatory Dictionary

prone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Lying face-down.
  2. Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.
  3. Having a downward inclination or slope.
  4. Shooting from a position while lying down.
  5. Predisposed, liable, inclined, given (to something) (most often, specifically to being befallen by an unsought bad outcome, rather than to undertaking a willful behavior or to having a happy accident).
verb
  1. To place in a prone position, to place face down.
name
  1. Alternative form of Prome (“the city of Pyay”).

Pronunciation

/pɹəʊn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prone.wav /pɹoʊn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-prone.wav /pɹəʉn/ /pɹɐʉn/

Word forms

prone proner more prone pronest most prone prones proning proned

Etymology

From Middle English prone, proone, proon, from Latin prōnus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”), from prō (“forward”).

Synonyms

neveling nuel prostrate

Antonyms

supine

Derived words

accident-prone atheroprone error-prone fault-prone flood-prone floodprone gossip-prone injury-prone overprone pronate pronation -prone prone-bone proned proneness prone position prone positioning prone to proning semiprone unprone prone out
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