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# prose

«prose» in Mova's school dictionary: **ordinary written or spoken language in sentences and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (prose — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Prose is ordinary written or spoken language in sentences and paragraphs, not in the lines and rhythm of poetry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prose/#m1)

2) A writer's prose is their writing style. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prose/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons pupils compare prose (stories, articles, letters) with poetry; novels are prose. Phrases: in prose, prose fiction, a prose passage.

### examples

- Novels are written in prose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prose/#x1)
- Rewrite the poem in prose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prose/#x2)
- Her prose is clear and lively. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prose/#x3)
- A newspaper article is prose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prose/#x4)
- We compared a poem with a prose passage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prose/#x5)
- Most of our reading books are prose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prose/#x6)
- This would have sounded somewhat bold in prose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prose/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: no «a prose». Sounds like «pros» (plural of pro), a homophone. Opposite: poetry, verse.

### Trees and pragmatics

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