亚洲网紅露点

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prone

1

[ prohn ]

adjective

  1. having a natural inclination or tendency to something; disposed; liable:

    to be prone to anger.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. having the front or ventral part downward; lying face downward.
  3. lying flat; prostrate.

    Synonyms:

  4. having a downward direction or slope.
  5. having the palm downward, as the hand.


prone

2

[ prohn ]

noun

  1. a sermon or a brief hortatory introduction to a sermon, usually delivered at a service at which the Eucharist is celebrated.

prone

1

/ 辫谤蓹蕣苍 /

adjective

  1. lying flat or face downwards; prostrate
  2. sloping or tending downwards
  3. having an inclination to do something
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

-prone

2

combining form

  1. liable or disposed to suffer

    accident-prone

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞辫谤辞苍别濒测, adverb
  • 藞辫谤辞苍别苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫谤辞苍别顎僱测 adverb
  • 辫谤辞苍别顎僴别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of prone1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English, from Latin 辫谤艒苍耻蝉 鈥渢urned or leaning forward, inclined downward, disposed,鈥 adverb based on 辫谤艒 pro 1( def )

Origin of prone2

First recorded in 1660鈥70; from French 辫谤么苍别 鈥済rill, grating (separating chancel from nave),鈥 so called because notices and addresses were delivered there, from Old French prodne, prorne, prosne, by way of a Medieval Latin or Late Latin intermediary such as protinum (unrecorded) from Latin prothyrum 鈥渇oyer, porch, vestibule,鈥 from Greek 辫谤贸迟丑测谤辞苍, from 辫谤贸 pro- 2( def ) + 迟丑媒谤补 鈥渄oor鈥 ( door ( def ) )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of prone1

C14: from Latin 辫谤艒苍耻蝉 bent forward, from pro- 1
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And he seems more prone to small errors that can have an impact in a title campaign.

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Video showed her lying prone on the street as an officer handcuffed her, noting that she had been shot in the arm.

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Incorrectly chosen, biased or inadequately large data sets can result in the famous "hallucinations" to which AI models are prone.

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Skarsg氓rd makes Luthen more rumpled and prone to rage about the grave he鈥檚 dug for himself even as he preaches that fighting fascism requires radical sacrifice.

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That gene makes the gut of the female about 20% bigger than the gut in male fruit flies, and makes the female more prone to tumors by activating proteins that cause cell division.

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