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2 meanings

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1 —as in:
prone to

Definition

having a tendency (to do something)

The child is prone to emotional outbursts.

prone = with a tendency

Other Uses (with this meaning)

The country's economy is completely dependent upon petroleum and thus prone to booms and busts.

prone = with a tendency

The region is prone to drought.

prone = with a tendency

Ginny seemed very prone to knocking things over whenever Harry entered a room.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

prone = with a tendency

Dr. Reynolds said if we had been boil-prone things would have been different, but we doubted it.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

prone = susceptible (tending to suffer from)

He was softer, more prone to laugh.
Tara Westover -- Educated

prone = with a tendency

In part because they were new technology, and in part because they were used so heavily, planes were prone to breakdowns.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

prone = with a tendency (to do something)

Moreover, he an exceptionally private man, not someone prone to chatting with random American professors unless there were an important reason.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code

prone = with a tendency

Gorillas aren't chatty, like humans, prone to gossip and bad jokes.
Katherine Applegate -- The One and Only Ivan

prone = with a tendency (to do something)

I found this dubious, since Paolo was prone to serious injury, but as a god, I had learned never to turn down offerings.
Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle

prone = with a tendency

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2 —as in:
prone position

Definition

lying face downward

The victim was found prone on the floor.

prone = lying face down

Other Uses (with this meaning)

80% of children who died of sudden infant death syndrome had been lying in a prone position.

prone = face down

A minute later the square was empty, only the boy remained, prone where he had fallen, quite still.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

prone = lying face downward

"The guns'll be real," says Russell, still prone and firing, the stock of the toy gun tight against his cheek.
Jerry Spinelli -- Maniac Magee

prone = lying face downward

Silas lay prone on the canvas mat in his room, allowing the lash wounds on his back to clot in the air.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code

prone = lying face downward

The window went up, a maid-servant's discordant voice profaned the holy calm, and a deluge of water drenched the prone martyr's remains!
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

prone = lying face downward

At that moment Kovac was running past, trying to avoid the divers, and his right foot came down on a prone player's sneaker—so it was told in the newspapers the next day.
Jerry Spinelli -- Stargirl

prone = lying face downward

Then I fell prone.
Andy Weir -- The Martian

prone = lying face downward

Whatever T.J.'s reply, it obviously was not what Kaleb Wallace wanted to hear, for he pulled his leg back and kicked T.J.'s swollen stomach with such force that T.J. emitted a cry of awful pain and fell prone upon the ground.
Mildred D. Taylor -- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

prone = lying face downward

Lying prone on the floor, the carved, life-sized figures rested in peaceful poses.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code

prone = lying face downward

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