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.

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

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pronely adv.

proneness n.

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prone [prəʊn]

adj

1. lying flat or face downwards; prostrate

2. sloping or tending downwards

3. having an inclination to do something

[from Latin prōnus bent forward, from pro-¹]

pronely  adv

proneness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	prone - having a tendency (to); often used in combination; "a child prone to mischief"; "failure-prone" inclined - (often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency; "wasn't inclined to believe the excuse"; "inclined to be moody"
	2.	prone - lying face downward prostrate unerect - not upright in position or posture

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prone

adjective

1. liable, given, subject, inclined, tending, bent, disposed, susceptible, apt, predisposed For all her experience, she was still prone to nerves.
liable disinclined, indisposed

2. face down, flat, lying down, horizontal, prostrate, recumbent, procumbent Bob slid from his chair and lay prone on the floor.
face down erect, upright, vertical, face up, perpendicular, supine

Translations

prone [prəʊn] ADJ

1. (= face down) to be prone → estar postrado(boca abajo)

2. (= liable) to be prone to do sth → ser propenso or tener tendencia a hacer algo
to be prone to sth → ser propenso a algo

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prone [ˈprəʊn]

adj

(= liable) to be prone to sth [+ depression, infection, nerves, heart attack] → être sujet(te) à qch
He was prone to depression → Il était sujet à la dépression.; [+ violence] → être enclin(e) à qch
We know males are more prone to violence → Nous savons que les hommes sont plus enclins à la violence.
to be prone to do sth → être susceptible de faire qch
People with fair skin are more prone to develop skin cancer → Les personnes à la peau claire sont plus susceptibles de développer un cancer de la peau. accident prone, injury-prone

(= lying) → couché(e) (face contre terre)

adv
to lie prone → être couché(e) face contre terre

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prone

adj

(= lying) to be or lie prone → auf dem Bauch liegen; in a prone position → in Bauchlage

(= liable) to be prone to something → zu etw neigen; to be prone to do something → dazu neigen, etw zu tun

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prone [prəʊn] adj

a. (face down) → a faccia in giù, prono/a

b. (liable) prone to → incline a, propenso/a a
to be prone to illness → essere or andare soggetto/a a malattie
she is prone to burst into tears if ... → scoppia facilmente in lacrime se...

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prone [prəʊn] adj

a. (face down) → a faccia in giù, prono/a

b. (liable) prone to → incline a, propenso/a a
to be prone to illness → essere or andare soggetto/a a malattie
she is prone to burst into tears if ... → scoppia facilmente in lacrime se...

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prone

adj prone [prəun]

1 lying flat, especially face downwards. gesig na onder مُنْبَطِح على وَجْهِه проснат ležící tváří dolů næsegrus hingestreckt πεσμένος μπρούμυτα postrado maaslamav دمر vatsallaan couché à plat ventre שָׁכוּב אַפָּיִים אַרצָה दण्डवत किया हुआ hason fekvő tengkurap sem liggur flatur (á grúfu) prostrato ひれ伏した 엎드린 kniūpsčias, paslikas uz mutes/vēdera gulošs tertiarap vooroverliggend nesegrus, utstrakt leżący (twarzą w dół) na ziemi deitado întins la pământ, cul­cat pe burtă распростёртый ležiaci tvárou dolu ležeč (na trebuhu) ispružen framstupa นอนคว่ำ yüzükoyun yatmış 面向下平臥的，俯臥的 розпростертий; такий, що лежить ниць منھ کے بل گرا ہوا nằm sóng soài 面向下平卧的，俯卧的

2 (withto) inclined to; likely to experience etc He is prone to illness. geneig tot مَيّال إلى، عُرْضَةً لِ склонен náchylný (k) have tilbøjelighed til neigend επιρρεπής propenso a aldis مستعد taipuvainen prédisposé à מוַּעד ל- प्रणत, अधोवृत, अधस्तन hajlamos vmire rawan hneigður (til e-s) incline ～しがちな (~하는) 경향이 있는 linkęs disponēts; ar tieksmi uz mudah vatbaar voor tilbøyelig til podatny propenso predispus la склонный (к) náchylný (k) nagnjen (k čemu) sklon fallen, benägen ที่มีแนวโน้ม yatkın, ...-e eğilimli 易於...的 схильний متاثر ہونے والا nghiêng về 易于...的