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# prone

«prone» in Mova's school dictionary: **likely to have it or do it, often something bad: prone to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (prone to something; lying prone)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Prone to something means likely to have it or do it, often something bad: prone to colds, prone to flooding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prone/#m1)

2) Lying prone means lying flat on your front, face down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prone/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and safety lessons, "flood-prone" or "earthquake-prone" areas are places where these disasters often happen. In health, "accident-prone" describes someone who often has accidents. In first aid and PE, prone (face down) is the opposite of supine (face up). Phrases: prone to, accident-prone, injury-prone.

### examples

- My little brother is prone to nosebleeds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prone/#x1)
- This road is prone to flooding after heavy rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prone/#x2)
- Japan is an earthquake-prone country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prone/#x3)
- I'm accident-prone; I tripped twice today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prone/#x4)
- The soldier lay prone in the grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prone/#x5)
- Lie prone on the mat with your arms stretched out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prone/#x6)
- Some dogs are prone to getting fat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prone/#x7)

### note

Followed by "to" + noun or verb: prone to colds, prone to forget. Compound adjectives with a hyphen: accident-prone, flood-prone. Prone = face down; supine = face up — a common mix-up.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prone» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prone/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.