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prone


prone  (prn)
adj.
1. Lying with the front or face downward.
2. Having a tendency; inclined: paper that is prone to yellowing; children who are prone to mischief.
adv.
In a prone manner: The patient was lying prone on the bed.

[Middle English, inclined, disposed, from Latin prnus, leaning forward; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]

pronely adv.
proneness n.


prone  /pron/  adj. 1 lying face down, (syn.) prostrate: The police found him in a prone position with a knife in his back. 2 lying flat: He is lying prone on the ground. 3 inclined toward, likely to do s.t.: He is prone to forgetting his car keys. prone

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