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proneadjective having a tendency to be or act in a certain wayhe was prone to emotional outbursts under stress apt, given, inclined, tending choosing, preferringdisposed, liable, likely, minded, predisposed, willing averse, disinclined, indisposed, loath(also loth or loathe), unwilling lying with the face downwardsquickly subdue the suspect and get him into a prone position prostrate flat, recumbentreclining, reposinghorizontal supine erect, raised, standing, upright, upstanding, vertical prone, supine, prostrate, recumbent mean lying down.prone implies a position with the front of the body turned toward the supporting surface.push-ups require a prone position supine implies lying on one's back and suggests inertness or abjectness.lying supine on the couch prostrate implies lying full-length as in submission, defeat, or physical collapse.a runner fell prostrate at the finish line recumbent implies the posture of one sleeping or resting.a patient comfortably recumbent in a hospital bed Cf. liable. in the 14th century |