prone
IPA: prˈoʊn
noun
- Alternative form of Prome (“the city of Pyay”) [Former name of Pyay, Myanmar.]
verb
- (medicine) To place in a prone position, to place face down.
adjective
- Lying face downward.
- Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.
- Having a downward inclination or slope.
- (figuratively) Predisposed, liable, inclined.
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Examples of "prone" in Sentences
- They are proneness to racism.
- This species is prone to vagrancy.
- Patients are prone to misuse drugs.
- The instruments are prone to squeal.
- The buses are filthy, and prone to muggings.
- The island is foggy and is prone to earthquakes.
- Parts of the municipality are prone to mudslides.
- It is an overview of reactance proneness assessment.
- More likely, men are more proned to have lechery than women.
- It doesn't act like being drama prone is all a "girl thing."
- The term prone to in [e] mean s having a tendency to, so it is correct.
- Given his proneness for bonehead like behavior, I thought Bennett would be a disaster for the Giants.
- As a shooter shoots in prone position you can actually see a shockwave travel down there body to their feet and back up.
- I. ii.188 (19,2) [There is a prone and speechless dialect] I can scarcely tell what signification to give to the word _prone_.
- I would recommend them to anyone with oily or partially oily skin prone to breakouts or to anyone seeking camouflage for minor imperfections, scarring, or discoloration.
- "At the very least, shouldn't a writer try to shield the kettle of language from further cracks by knowing the meanings of the words he uses?" he asks, querying Cunningham's choice of the word "prone".
- I saw a report on CNN where a woman was rescued from being trapped in collapsed roof and wall debris for two days and what struck me was her odd calm as she was carried prone from a certain, crushing death — as well as her matter-of-fact confidence in a God that Robertson says her people forsook ...