prone to allergies
- adjective
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propenso a alergias
- She discovered she was prone to allergies after experiencing reactions to certain flowers.
Examples
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He isn't prone to allergies, and anyway, he feels too good for such a thing to happen.
Fiction book (1993) -
Some people are prone to allergies, especially during the spring when pollen counts are high.
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Children who are prone to allergies should avoid known allergens like peanuts and dust.
Synonyms
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3.1
Reacting badly to foods, pollen, or animals
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6.6
Reacting strongly to certain things like foods or pollen and causing allergy symptoms
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7.3
To react strongly to small amounts of things like pollen or food, often causing allergies
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7.9
Likely to develop allergies like eczema, asthma or hay fever
Very sensitive to things like allergens or medicines
Allergic to a substance and likely to have a strong reaction
Antonyms
How Prone
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3.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'having a tendency to suffer allergic reactions' is directly and compositionally derived from 'prone' (likely to experience something) + the prepositional link 'to' + 'allergies' (allergic reactions). This is a common, cross-linguistic pattern expressing susceptibility, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Prone to allergies comes from the image of being prone—leaning or facing toward something—so a person is more open to dust or pollen and therefore easily affected. That's why it means 'likely to have' allergic reactions.