prone

/prone/
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prone

A toddler is prone on the floor, looking at a picture book.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Lying flat with the face and front of the body turned downward: Describes a physical position of lying horizontally, facing the ground.
    • Having a natural inclination or tendency toward something (often something undesirable): Describes a disposition or susceptibility to a particular condition, activity, or fault.
Usage and Examples
  • Adjective (Physical Position):
    • The patient was placed in a prone position for the back examination.
    • He lay prone on the grass, watching the insects.
  • Adjective (Having a Tendency):
    • She is prone to headaches when stressed.
    • This coastal region is prone to hurricanes during the autumn months.
Advanced Usage
  • "Accident-prone": Having a tendency to be involved in accidents.
    • The factory identified the accident-prone area and installed new safety guards.
  • "Prone to" + noun/gerund: The standard construction for indicating a tendency.
    • Old wiring is prone to failure.
    • He is prone to exaggerating his accomplishments.
Variants and Related Words
  • Proneness (noun): The state or quality of being prone.
    • His proneness to error required careful review of his work.
Synonyms
  • Prostrate: Lying stretched out on the ground with face downward (often implies helplessness or submission).
  • Supine: Lying face upward. (This is an antonym for the physical position meaning).
  • Inclined: Having a tendency or disposition.
  • Susceptible: Likely to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.
Related Phrases and Constructions
  • Prone position: A specific term used in medicine, sports, and military contexts to describe lying face down.
    • In CPR training, you learn to roll a victim into the recovery position from a prone position.
  • Prone to error: Likely to contain or produce mistakes.
    • Manual data entry is a process prone to error.
Notes on Meaning
  • The "tendency" meaning is often used in a slightly negative or cautionary context (e.g., prone to illness, prone to mistakes), though not exclusively.
  • In medical terminology, "prone" specifically contrasts with "supine" (lying on the back).
prone

A toddler is prone on the floor, looking at a picture book.

Adjective
  1. lying face downward
  2. having a tendency (to); often used in combination
    • a child prone to mischief
    • failure-prone

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