Prone PRONE, a. [L. pronus.] Bending forward; inclined; not erect.
1. Lying with the face downward; contrary to supine.
2. Headlong; precipitous; inclining in descent.
Down thither prone in flight.
3. Sloping; declivous; inclined.
Since the floods demand
For their descent, a prone and sinking land.
4. Inclined; propense; disposed; applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense; as men prone to evil, prone to strife, prone to intemperance, prone to deny the truth,prone to change.

prone adj 1: having a tendency (to); often used in combination; "a child prone to mischief"; "failure-prone" 2: lying face downward [syn: prone, prostrate]

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prone adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin pronus bent forward, tending; akin to Latin pro forward — more at for Date: 14th century 1. having a tendency or inclination ; being likely <prone to forget names> <accident-prone> 2. a. having the front or ventral surface downward b. lying flat or prostrate • prone adverb • pronely adverb • proneness noun Synonyms: prone, supine, prostrate, recumbent mean lying down. prone implies a position with the front of the body turned toward the supporting surface <push-ups require a prone position>. supine implies lying on one's back and suggests inertness or abjectness <lying supine on the couch>. prostrate implies lying full-length as in submission, defeat, or physical collapse <a runner fell prostrate at the finish line>. recumbent implies the posture of one sleeping or resting <a patient comfortably recumbent in a hospital bed>. Synonym: see in addition liable.

prone
adj.
1 a lying face downwards (cf. SUPINE). b lying flat; prostrate. c having the front part downwards, esp. the palm of the hand.
2 (usu. foll. by to, or to + infin.) disposed or liable, esp. to a bad action, condition, etc. (is prone to bite his nails).
3 (usu. in comb.) more than usually likely to suffer (accident-prone).
4 archaic with a downward slope or direction.
Derivatives:
pronely adv. proneness n.
Etymology: ME f. L pronus f. pro forwards

prone prəun adj. 1 a lying face downwards (cf. SUPINE). b lying flat; prostrate. c having the front part downwards, esp. the palm of the hand. 2 (usu. foll. by to, or to + infin.) disposed or liable, esp. to a bad action, condition, etc. (is prone to bite his nails). 3 (usu. in comb.) more than usually likely to suffer (accident-prone). 4 archaic with a downward slope or direction. øøpronely adv. proneness n. [ME f. L pronus f. pro forwards]

Prone \Prone\, a. [L. pronus, akin to Gr. ?, ?, Skr. pravana sloping, inclined, and also to L. pro forward, for. See Pro-.] 1. Bending forward; inclined; not erect. Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone. --Milton. 2. Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to supine. Which, as the wind, Blew where it listed, laying all things prone. --Byron. 3. Headlong; running downward or headlong. ``Down thither prone in flight.'' --Milton. 4. Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level. Since the floods demand, For their descent, a prone and sinking land. --Blackmore. 5. Inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to. ``Prone to mischief.'' --Shak. Poets are nearly all prone to melancholy. --Landor.

prone a. 1. Prostrate (with the face downward), recumbent, lying flat. 2. Sloping, inclining, inclined, declivous. 3. Disposed, inclined, tending, bent, apt, propense. 4. Bending forward, inclined, bowed. 5. Ready, eager. 6. Headlong, running downward or headlong.

prone prəun adj. 1 face down or downwards or chiefly US downward, prostrate, lying down, reclining, recumbent, horizontal, procumbent, Formal or technical decumbent, accumbent: She was lying prone, resting between push-ups. 2 inclined, apt, likely, liable, disposed, predisposed, of a mind, subject, given, tending, leaning: They are prone to petty squabbles.

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