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⚠️ Likely to do 🛌 Lying face down
prone

prone

10 3.9
Lying flat with the front of your body on the ground
  • adjective
  • /proʊn/
: boca abajo
  • Ben, obviously confused too, remained there in the prone position, his eyes planted upward.
  • prone position
  • lying prone
  • supine or prone

Instead, they're trying to use alternate treatments like prone positions and steroids to treat people.

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Examples

  • All inmates remain on the ground in a prone position.

    The Last Castle (2001)

  • And now Davis, who's lying prone on the sidelines, appears to be either exhausted or hurt.

    The Express (2008)

  • - I suggest that you rise from the prone position.

    Welcome to Marwen (2018)

  • The report says "kidney failure, found lying in a prone position."

    Sole Survivor (1984)

  • Relinquish your weapon and get in the prone position.

    Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball (2010)

  • Meanwhile, the two snipers in my team, they're in the prone position on the ground.

    Shawn Ryan Show

  • We can't give him the kind of breathing treatments he needs as long he's in the prone position.

    90 Minutes in Heaven (2015)

  • The pilot then slides aboard the sled and assumes a prone position at the controls.

    Academic text (1991)

  • For each stimulation session, rats were anesthetized using isoflurane and placed prone on a heated pad.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The soldier lay prone on the ground to avoid being spotted.

Synonyms

prostrate
vsprone
8 7.0

Lying flat on the ground, face down, often from tiredness or respect

lies flat face downward without implying emotion or purpose

Antonyms

supine
3 7.4

Lying on the back with the face up

Compounds

accident-prone
11 5.1

Likely to get hurt or break things often

error-prone
2 5.1

Tends to make many mistakes

prone to allergies
1 3.9

Likely to have a reaction to things like pollen or certain foods

ketosis-prone diabetes
  • Specialized
6.3

A condition causing high blood sugar and dangerous acid build-up, needing diet and insulin

ketoacidosis-prone diabetes
  • Specialized
7.4

A type of diabetes that often causes dangerous ketones in the blood and needs insulin and diet control

prone float
6.7

A way to float by lying face down in the water with arms stretched forward to glide

How Upright

vertical
121 2.7
upright
96 2.7
unerect
1 8.8
prone
10 3.9

Surface Forms

prone positive

Etymology

Prone comes from the Latin word pronus, which meant 'bent forward' or 'leaning down'. So, to be prone as a body position is to lie with your front toward the ground, as if your body is leaning forward.