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(prōn) pronunciation
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 prōnus, leaning forward.]

pronely prone'ly adv.
proneness prone'ness n.

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1. for prone to see apt.

2. In its meaning 'lying face down', prone contrasts with supine, which means 'lying face up'.

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adj

Definition: liable, likely
Antonyms: immune, improbably, resistant, unlikely

adj

Definition: lying down
Antonyms: sitting, straight, upright

1. Applied to the body position when lying horizontally, face down.

2. Applied to the forearm when the palm is facing down.

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IN BRIEF: Lying horizontally. Also: Inclined towards.

pronunciation Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise it would be called sure-thing-taking. — Tim McMahon

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Lying face downward, or on the ventral surface.

  • p. sticking — a method of slaughtering pigs in which the pigs are stunned, then conveyed in a prone position on a conveyor belt past the various stations including the sticking or jugular opening station.

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Lying flat with face down.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tilbøjelig, liggende
adv. - i liggende tilstand

Nederlands (Dutch)
geneigd zijn tot, last hebben van, voorover liggend

Français (French)
adj. - enclin à, sujet à, allongé face contre terre
adv. - de manière allongée face contre terre

Deutsch (German)
adj. - anfällig für, geneigt zu, bäuchlings, ausgestreckt (liegen)
adv. - ausgestreckt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πρηνής, (πεσμένος) μπρούμυτα, επιρρεπής, που έχει τάση προς

Italiano (Italian)
prono

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - inclinado, propenso, íngreme

Русский (Russian)
склонный, лежащий навзничь

Español (Spanish)
adj. - boca abajo, prono, propenso
adv. - boca abajo, prono, propenso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - framstupa, raklång (på magen), sluttande, fallen, benägen

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
有...倾向的, 易于...的, 倾斜的, 俯卧的, 面向下的, 陡的, 倾斜地

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有...傾向的, 易於...的, 傾斜的, 俯臥的, 面向下的, 陡的
adv. - 傾斜地

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 수그린, 납작 엎드린
adv. - ~하기 쉬운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 傾向がある, うつむいた, 傾斜した, 下り坂の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) يميل الى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שוכב על בטנו, נוטה או מועד ל(דבר שלילי)‬
adv. - ‮כשהצד הקדמי כלפי מטה‬


 
 
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