prone
adjective/prəʊn/
/prəʊn/
- likely to suffer from something or to do something bad synonym liable
- prone to something prone to injury
- Working without a break makes you more prone to error.
- prone to do something Tired drivers were found to be particularly prone to ignore warning signs.
- prone to doing something people who are genetically prone to putting on weight
Extra Examples- The M40 through Oxfordshire is notoriously prone to fog.
- Sun removes the oil and wax, leaving the leather prone to cracking.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- to
- -prone(in adjectives) likely to suffer or do the thing mentioned
- injury-prone
- (formal) lying flat with the front of your body touching the ground synonym prostrate
- The victim lay prone without moving.
- He was found lying in a prone position.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin pronus ‘leaning forward’, from pro ‘forwards’.
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