prone

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /pɹoʊn/ UK /pɹəʊn/ See IPA manual

Freq #14362

Meanings

1

adj
Likely to do or suffer something, especially something bad.

He is prone to making mistakes when he rushes.
2

adj
Lying flat with the face downward.

The patient was asked to lie in a prone position.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 adj · lying flat with the face... prostrate

More nevelingnuel

Opposites

supine

Word family

Derived forms accident-proneatheroproneerror-pronefault-proneflood-pronefloodpronegossip-proneinjury-proneoverpronepronatepronationprone-bone

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Phrases (1)

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less prone
not as likely to experience or develop a particular problem

Adverb + adjective

Etymology

From Middle English prone, proone, proon, from Latin prōnus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”), from prō (“forward”).

prone Middle English prōnus Latin

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# prone

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /pɹoʊn/
**IPA (UK):** /pɹəʊn/
**Frequency rank:** 14362

## Meanings
1. Likely to do or suffer something, especially something bad.
2. Lying flat with the face downward.

## Examples
- He is prone to making mistakes when he rushes.
- The patient was asked to lie in a prone position.

## Synonyms
- neveling
- nuel

## Antonyms
- supine

## Derived Forms
- accident-prone
- atheroprone
- error-prone
- fault-prone
- flood-prone
- floodprone
- gossip-prone
- injury-prone
- overprone
- pronate
- pronation
- prone-bone

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: prone
- Root: prōnus

## Etymology
From Middle English prone, proone, proon, from Latin prōnus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”), from prō (“forward”).

## AI Etymology
Prone is from Middle English prone, proone, proon, from Latin prōnus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”), from prō (“forward”). Important recorded forms include prone (Middle English) and prōnus (Latin). Current senses include likely to do or suffer something, especially something bad and lying flat with the face downward. The wider family includes derived forms such as accident-prone, atheroprone, error-prone, fault-prone, and flood-prone.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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