prone en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /pɹəʉn/ (Australia)
- /pɹoʊn/ (Canada, General-American)
- [pɹɐʉn] (Australia) some speakers
- /pɹəʊn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Texas) audio
- /pɹɐʉn/ (New-Zealand)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English prone, proone, proon, from Latin prōnus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”), from prō (“forward”).
Meanings
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Lying face-down.
But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:prone position
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Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.
The hand is in the prone position typically when using a keyboard; and the forearm is then also in the prone position; when the foot is resting on the inner side of the sole, it is in the prone position.
- Having a downward inclination or slope.
- Shooting from a position while lying down.
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(figuratively) 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).
prone to failure
Nor are mine ears with thy tongue's tune delighted; / Nor tender feeling, to base touches prone, / Nor taste, nor smell, desire to be invited / To any sensual feast with thee alone: […]
1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 141”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most prone | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more prone | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| proner | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| pronest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
pronation · proned · proning · prone to · fault-prone · -prone · overprone · floodprone · gossip-prone · flood-prone · prone positioning · pronate · atheroprone · accident-prone · proneness · prone-bone · error-prone · prone position · unprone · semiprone · injury-prone
Synonyms
prostrate · nuel · pronated · pronated · neveling
Translations (105)
ota عاطف (predisposed) · ca pron (lying face downward; prostrate) · de geneigt (predisposed) · vi úp (lying face downward; prostrate) · az mayil (predisposed) · gl suxeito (predisposed) · de anfällig (predisposed) · oc abocat (lying face downward; prostrate) · bg проснат (lying face downward; prostrate) · pt propenso (predisposed) · pt prono (inclined, sloped) · it incline (predisposed) · fi altistunut (predisposed) · cs nicí (lying face downward; prostrate) · it a pancia in giù (lying face downward; prostrate) · sk doluznačky (lying face downward; prostrate) · ca procliu (predisposed) · pt inclinado (inclined, sloped) · gl apicoañado (predisposed) · no prone (inclined, sloped) · fi mahallaan (lying face downward; prostrate) · grc καταφερής (predisposed) · az meyilli (predisposed) · it predisposto (predisposed) · bg легнал (shooting from lying down position) · fi vatsallaan (lying face downward; prostrate) · fi kasvoillaan (lying face downward; prostrate) · oc predispausat (predisposed) · fr prédisposé (predisposed) · cs na břiše (lying face downward; prostrate) · pl skłonny (predisposed) · es propenso (predisposed) · ca inclinat (inclined, sloped) · oc amorrat (lying face downward; prostrate) · es prono (predisposed) · gl de bruzos (lying face downward; prostrate) · ang neowol (lying face downward; prostrate) · fr enclin (inclined, sloped) · az meyil edən (inclined, sloped) · fi taipuvainen (predisposed) · ru скло́нный (predisposed) · es postrado (lying face downward; prostrate) · la prōpensus (predisposed) · fr enclin (predisposed) · es de bruces (lying face downward; prostrate) · az meyilli (inclined, sloped) · it prono (lying face downward; prostrate) · oc enclin (predisposed) · fi kallistettu (inclined, sloped) · it pendente (inclined, sloped) · ru предрасполо́женный (predisposed) · de schräg (inclined, sloped) · id berisiko (inclined, sloped) · it orientato (predisposed) · it inclinato (inclined, sloped) · no legge seg flat (lying face downward; prostrate) · bg склонен (predisposed) · grc πρανής (lying face downward; prostrate) · az əyilən (inclined, sloped) · bg легнал по очи (lying face downward; prostrate) · es propendiente (predisposed) · cs mající sklony (predisposed) · fi rähmällään (lying face downward; prostrate) · fi kallellaan (inclined, sloped) · it reclino (lying face downward; prostrate) · pt de bruços (lying face downward; prostrate) · id rentan (inclined, sloped) · fi makuulta (shooting from lying down position) · fi altistettu (predisposed) · ca propens (predisposed) · sv på mage (lying face downward; prostrate) · ru лежа́щий ничко́м (lying face downward; prostrate) · ast de focicos (lying face downward; prostrate) · fi kallistunut (inclined, sloped) · ca bocaterrós (lying face downward; prostrate) · fi viettävä (inclined, sloped) · gl atreito (predisposed) · es en decúbito prono (lying face downward; prostrate) · oc portat a (predisposed) · ca predisposat (predisposed) · eo surventra (lying face downward; prostrate) · cs náchylný (predisposed) · fi vino (inclined, sloped) · bg наклонен (inclined, sloped) · sv benägen (predisposed) · mi tāpapa (lying face downward; prostrate) · el πρηνής (lying face downward; prostrate) · ru лицо́м вниз (lying face downward; prostrate) · vi sấp (lying face downward; prostrate) · fi altis (predisposed) · la prōnus (lying face downward; prostrate) · fr couché sur le ventre (lying face downward; prostrate) · it inchinato (lying face downward; prostrate) · ru накло́нный (inclined, sloped) · es proclive (predisposed) · gl dado (predisposed) · es prono (lying face downward; prostrate) · it portato (predisposed) · it reclino (inclined, sloped) · it disposto (predisposed) · it prostrato (lying face downward; prostrate) · de in Bauchlage (lying face downward; prostrate) · it obliquo (inclined, sloped) · he הָרֶה (predisposed) · ru лёжа (shooting from lying down position)