Prone - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |prəʊn|  American pronunciation of the word prone
Brit.  |prəʊn|  British pronunciation of the word prone

adjective

- having a tendency (to); often used in combination
a child prone to mischief
failure-prone
- lying face downward (syn: prostrate)

Extra examples

...he was prone to emotional outbursts under stress...

...quickly subdue the suspect and get him into a prone position...

He is accident-prone.

He was found lying in a prone position.

Some plants are very prone to disease.

Kids are all prone to eat junk food.

He's always been accident-prone.

His eyes shifted to the prone body on the floor.

Jack lay prone on his bed.

Man is prone to error / to err.

Their finns are four, two in the prone part, two in the supine.

I too have been prone on my couch this week, a victim of the common cold.

My almond tree lies prone across the court, blown down by a gale.

...a coarse brute of a man who was prone to currish acts of violence against women...

She was prone to generalization.

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