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21prone — 01. Fishermen are [prone] to exaggerate the size of a fish that got away. 02. The students are [prone] to forget to hand in their homework if I don t remind them. 03. Studies show that if the roof of a person s mouth is narrow, the person will be …
22PRÔNE — s. m. Instruction chrétienne que le curé ou le vicaire fait tous les dimanches dans la chaire, à la messe paroissiale. Faire le prône. Faire un beau prône. Assister au prône. Le curé ayant achevé son prône. Les bans furent publiés au prône. Les… …
23prône — (prô n ) s. m. Instruction chrétienne faite chaque dimanche à la messe paroissiale. Bien que du Moulin [ministre protestant] en son livre Semble n avoir rien ignoré, Le meilleur est toujours de suivre Le prône de notre curé, Vers mis par Racan… …
24PRÔNE — n. m. Instruction chrétienne que le curé ou un vicaire fait tous les dimanches en chaire, à la messe paroissiale. Faire le prône. Le curé ayant achevé son prône. Les bans furent publiés au prône. Les prières du prône. Recommander quelqu’un au… …
25prone — [[t]pro͟ʊn[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ, ADJ to n, ADJ to inf To be prone to something, usually something bad, means to have a tendency to be affected by it or to do it. → See also accident prone For all her experience as a television reporter …
26prone — apt, liable, prone 1. Used with to, prone is by far the most common statistically, liable comes second, and apt, perhaps surprisingly, trails in third place. 2. Apt to and liable to, followed by an infinitive, are virtually interchangeable,… …
27prone — adj. likely (cannot stand alone) 1) prone to (prone to exaggeration) 2) prone to + inf. (he is prone to exaggerate) * * * [prəʊn] prone to + inf. (he is prone to exaggerate) [ likely ] (cannot stand alone) prone to (prone to exaggeration) …
28prone — adjective 1 likely to do something or suffer from something, especially something bad or harmful (+ to): Some plants are prone to a particular disease. (prone to do sth): Kids are all prone to eat junk food. | strike prone/accident prone etc: I… …
29prone — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin pronus bent forward, tending; akin to Latin pro forward more at for Date: 14th century 1. having a tendency or inclination ; being likely < prone to forget names > < accident prone > 2. a. having… …
30prone */ — UK [prəʊn] / US [proʊn] adjective 1) likely to do something or be affected by something, especially something bad prone to: The coastal region is prone to earthquakes. prone to do something: He s prone to gain weight. error /injury prone: an… …
