prone

adjective · verbA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

pronermore prone

Superlative

pronestmost prone

1.
Lying face-down.
prone position
Đồng nghĩa: prostrate
2.
Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.
The hand is in the prone position typically when using a keyboard; and the forearm is then also in the prone position; when the foot is resting on the inner side of the sole, it is in the prone position.
3.
Having a downward inclination or slope.
4.
(military, video games) Shooting from a position while lying down.
5.
(figuratively)Predisposed, liable, inclined, given (to something) (most often, specifically to being befallen by an unsought bad outcome, rather than to undertaking a willful behavior or to having a happy accident).
prone to failure

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

prones

V_ing/Gerund

proning

V_ed/pp

proned

1.
(medicine) To place in a prone position, to place face down.

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Đồng nghĩa

prostratenevelingnuelpronated

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Nguồn gốc từ

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