The weak-willed are prone to go to the dogs; the strong-willed turn failure into success.
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Prone
//pɹəʊn//
Synonyms for "prone" (142 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (71)
low-lyinglow-setlow-staturedlyinglying downmindedminded tonaked toneapobeisantobliged toobnoxiousobsequiouson bended kneeopenopen topliantpredisposedpredisposed toprocumbent
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Adjective(1 words)
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Antonyms
1 entriesderived
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
related to
7 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
103 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- καταφερής adj (predisposed)
- πρανής adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
Asturian
1 entries- de focicos adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- mayil adj (predisposed)
- meyil edən adj (inclined, sloped)
- meyilli adj (inclined, sloped)
- meyilli adj (predisposed)
Bulgarian
4 entries- легнал adj (shooting from lying down position)
- легнал по очи adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
- наклонен adj (inclined, sloped)
- проснат adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
Catalan
4 entries- bocaterrós adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
- predisposat adj (predisposed)
- procliu adj (predisposed)
- pron adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
Czech
4 entries- mající sklony adj (predisposed)
- na břiše adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
- nicí adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
- náchylný adj (predisposed)
Esperanto
1 entries- surventra adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
Finnish
4 entries- altis adj (predisposed)
- altistettu adj (predisposed)
- altistunut adj (predisposed)
- kallellaan adj (inclined, sloped)
French
4 entries- couché sur le ventre adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
- enclin adj (inclined, sloped)
- enclin adj (predisposed)
- prédisposé adj (predisposed)
Galician
4 entries- apicoañado adj (predisposed)
- atreito adj (predisposed)
- dado adj (predisposed)
- de bruzos adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
German
4 entries- anfällig adj (predisposed)
- geneigt adj (predisposed)
- in Bauchlage adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
- schräg adj (inclined, sloped)
Greek
1 entries- πρηνής adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
Indonesian
2 entries- berisiko adj (inclined, sloped)
- rentan adj (inclined, sloped)
Italian
4 entries- a pancia in giù adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
- disposto adj (predisposed)
- inchinato adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
- inclinato adj (inclined, sloped)
Latin
2 entries- prōnus adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
- prōpensus adj (predisposed)
Māori
1 entries- tāpapa adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
Norwegian
2 entries- legge seg flat adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
- prone adj (inclined, sloped)
Occitan
4 entries- abocat adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
- amorrat adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
- enclin adj (predisposed)
- portat a adj (predisposed)
Old English
1 entries- neowol adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- عاطف adj (predisposed)
Polish
1 entries- skłonny adj (predisposed)
Portuguese
4 entries- de bruços adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
- inclinado adj (inclined, sloped)
- prono adj (inclined, sloped)
- propenso adj (predisposed)
Russian
4 entries- лежа́щий ничко́м adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
- лицо́м вниз adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
- лёжа adj (shooting from lying down position)
- накло́нный adj (inclined, sloped)
Slovak
1 entries- doluznačky adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
Spanish
4 entries- de bruces adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
- decúbito prono adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
- postrado adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
- proclive adj (predisposed)
Swedish
2 entries- benägen adj (predisposed)
- på mage adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
Vietnamese
2 entries- sấp adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
- úp adj (lying face downward; prostrate)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
According to a study, big women are more prone to have twins.
Source: tatoeba (67253)
Young people are prone to fall into temptation.
Source: tatoeba (265760)
Young men are prone to fall into temptation.
Source: tatoeba (265770)
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