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How to pronounce “prone”
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Pronunciation guide for prone
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of prone with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Power of Personality and How It Shapes Our Lives
anxiety prone and fairly sensitive, or B,
- Definition summary
- Lying face-down.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce prone
The Power of Personality and How It Shapes Our Lives

anxiety prone and fairly sensitive, or B,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “prone”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Lying face-down.
- Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.
- Having a downward inclination or slope.
- (military, video games) Shooting from a position while lying down.
- (figuratively) Predisposed, liable, inclined.
- [Verb]
- (medicine) To place in a prone position, to place face down.
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