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- Dictionaryproneness/ˈprəʊnnəs/
noun
- 1. liability to suffer from or experience something disagreeable; susceptibility: "his proneness to injury will seriously mar a promising career"
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PRONENESS definition: 1. the fact of being likely to suffer from an illness or have a particular negative characteristic…. Learn more.
: having the front or ventral surface of a body facing downward : lying with the chest and stomach positioned downward. a patient placed in a prone position. The victim was lying prone in the street.
PRONENESS meaning: 1. the fact of being likely to suffer from an illness or have a particular negative characteristic…. Learn more.
PRONE definition: 1. likely to show a particular characteristic, usually a negative one, or to be affected by…. Learn more.
Jun 15, 2024 · Definitions of proneness. noun. being disposed to do something. “accident proneness ”. see more. see less. type of: disposition. a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing.
adj. 1. Lying with the front or face downward. 2. Having a tendency; inclined. Often used in combination: paper that is prone to yellowing; an accident-prone child. adv. In a prone manner: The patient was lying prone on the bed. [Middle English, inclined, disposed, from Latin prōnus, leaning forward; see per in Indo-European roots .] prone′ly adv.
proneness. proneness (to something) the fact of being likely to suffer from something or to do something bad. Definition of proneness noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Proneness definition: The quality or state of being prone , or of bending downward ; as, the proneness of beasts is opposed to the erectness of man.
Prone definition: having a natural inclination or tendency to something; disposed; liable. See examples of PRONE used in a sentence.
To be prone to something, usually something bad, means to have a tendency to be affected by it or to do it. For all her experience, she was still prone to nerves. [ + to] People with fair skin who sunburn easily are very prone to skin cancer. [ + to] Synonyms: liable, given, subject, inclined More Synonyms of prone.
