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–adjective
1.having a natural inclination or tendency to something; disposed; liable: to be prone to anger.
2.having the front or ventral part downward; lying face downward.
3.lying flat; prostrate.
4.having a downward direction or slope.
5.having the palm downward, as the hand.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L prōnus turned or leaning forward, inclined downward, disposed, prone]

pronely, adverb
proneness, noun

1. apt, subject, tending. 3. recumbent.
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–noun
a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.

[Origin: 1660–70; < F prône grill, grating (separating chancel from nave); so called because notices and addresses were delivered there]
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prone    Audio Help   (prōn)  Pronunciation Key 
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; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]

prone'ly adv., prone'ness n.
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prone 
1382, "naturally inclined to something, apt, liable," from L. pronus "bent forward, inclined to," from adverbial form of pro- "forward." Meaning "lying face-down" is first recorded 1578. Both lit. and fig. senses were in L.; fig. is older in Eng.

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adjective
1. having a tendency (to); often used in combination; "a child prone to mischief"; "failure-prone" 
2. lying face downward 

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prone1 [prəun] adjective
lying flat, especially face downwards
Arabic: مُنْبَطِح على وَجْهِه
Chinese (Simplified): 面向下的,俯卧的
Chinese (Traditional): 面向下的,俯臥的
Czech: ležící (na břiše)
Danish: på maven
Dutch: vooroverliggend
Estonian: silmili maas (lamav)
Finnish: pitkällään makaava
French: couché sur le ventre
German: auf dem Bauch
Greek: πρηνής,(πεσμένος)μπρούμυτα
Hungarian: hason fekvő
Icelandic: flatur, endilangur
Indonesian: tengkurap
Italian: prono
Japanese: うつ向けになった
Korean: (납작) 엎드린
Latvian: (uz vēdera) gulošs
Lithuanian: kniūpsčias
Norwegian: liggende (på magen), nesegrus
Polish: leżący twarzą w dół
Portuguese (Brazil): deitado de bruços
Portuguese (Portugal): de bruços
Romanian: cu faţa în jos, culcat pe burtă
Russian: лежащий ничком
Slovak: ležiaci (na bruchu)
Slovenian: ležeč (na trebuhu)
Spanish: boca abajo
Swedish: framstupa
Turkish: yüzükoyun uzanmış, yüzüstü yatmış
prone2 [prəun] adjective
(with to) inclined to; likely to experience etc
Example: He is prone to illness.
Arabic: مَيّال إلى، عُرْضَةً لِ
Chinese (Simplified): 易于…的
Chinese (Traditional): 易於…的
Czech: náchylný (k)
Danish: have tilbøjelighed til
Dutch: vatbaar voor
Estonian: aldis
Finnish: taipuvainen
French: prédisposé à
German: neigend
Greek: επιρρεπής
Hungarian: hajlamos vmire
Icelandic: hneigður (til e-s)
Indonesian: rawan
Italian: incline
Japanese: ~しがちな
Korean: …의 경향이 있는
Latvian: disponēts; ar tieksmi uz
Lithuanian: linkęs
Norwegian: tilbøyelig til
Polish: podatny
Portuguese (Brazil): propenso
Portuguese (Portugal): propenso
Romanian: predispus la
Russian: склонный (к)
Slovak: náchylný (k)
Slovenian: nagnjen (k čemu)
Spanish: propenso a
Swedish: fallen, benägen
Turkish: yatkın, …-e eğilimli
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prone (prōn)
adj.

  1. Lying with the front or face downward.
  2. Having a tendency; inclined.
adv.
In a prone manner.

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Main Entry: prone
Pronunciation: 'prOn
Function: adjective
: having the front or ventral surface downward; especially : lying facedown —prone adverb

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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.

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