prone
gb/pɹˈoʊn/ us/pɹˈoʊn/
B2
Englisch
~ 8200
hajlamos, hason, hason fekvő, lejtős, aláhajló
B2
1
hajlamos
B1
Verwendungsmuster:
[someone/something] is prone to [noun/verb-ing]
Teenagers are especially prone to staying up late and sleeping in.
A tinédzserek különösen hajlamosak későig fennmaradni és sokáig aludni.
This software is prone to crashing if you open too many files at once.
Ez a szoftver hajlamos összeomlani, ha egyszerre túl sok fájlt nyitunk meg.
People with fair skin are more prone to sunburn.
He’s prone to exaggeration when he tells stories.
The region is prone to flooding during the rainy season.
Beispiele für Lernende
I am prone to headaches when I do not drink water.
Hajlamos vagyok a fejfájásra, ha nem iszom vizet.
This old car is prone to problems in winter.
Ez a régi autó télen hajlamos meghibásodni.
Children are prone to catching colds at school.
She is prone to forgetting names.
That area is prone to strong storms.
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners sometimes confuse "prone to" with "eager to" or "keen to". "Prone to" describes something usually negative or unwanted and means "likely to", not "wanting to". For example, "He is prone to lying" means he often lies, not that he wants to lie. Another common mistake is dropping "to": the correct pattern is "prone to" + noun or -ing form (e.g. "prone to errors", not "prone errors").
Bedeutung
likely to do or experience something
Wortverbindungen
prone to error
|prone to injury
|prone to depression
|prone to violence
|accident-prone
|error-prone
Synonyme
liable (Often used in more formal contexts, especially about legal or negative outcomes; slightly stronger sense of possibility.)
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susceptible (Focuses more on being easily affected by something, often illness or influence, rather than on behavior.)
Antonyme
resistant (Describes someone or something that does not easily get or accept something, especially illness, change, or influence.)
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unlikely (Direct opposite in terms of probability; suggests it is not expected to happen.)
Themen
psychology
|health
|risk
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
Definition
likely to do something or to have something happen to you, especially something bad or not wanted.
Having a natural or strong tendency to do, experience, or suffer from something, especially something bad or unwanted.
B2
2
hason
B1
hason fekvő
B2
Verwendungsmuster:
[someone] lies prone on [surface]
The injured hiker was found lying prone on the trail.
A sérült túrázót hason fekve találták meg az ösvényen.
She dropped to the floor and lay prone to avoid the smoke.
A földre vetette magát, és hasra feküdt, hogy ne érje a füst.
During the exercise, the patients were placed in a prone position to help their breathing.
The sniper stayed prone for hours, waiting for the signal.
He fell prone on the pavement after tripping over the curb.
Beispiele für Lernende
The child lay prone on the grass and looked at the ants.
A gyerek hason feküdt a fűben, és a hangyákat nézte.
The doctor asked him to lie prone on the bed.
Az orvos megkérte, hogy feküdjön hasra az ágyon.
The soldier stayed prone behind the wall.
She was found prone on the floor after she fainted.
In this test you must lie prone and stay still.
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners sometimes confuse "prone" with only the "likely to" meaning and do not recognize the body-position meaning. Also, learners may say "lie a prone" or "lie in prone"; the correct patterns are "lie prone" or "lie in a prone position" with no article before "prone" when used as an adjective after the verb.
Bedeutung
lying flat, face down
Wortverbindungen
lie prone
|remain prone
|in a prone position
|prone on the ground
|fall prone
Synonyme
face-down (Very direct and informal; often used in everyday speech instead of the more technical-sounding "prone".)
Antonyme
supine (Technical or formal term meaning lying flat on the back with the face and front of the body facing upward.)
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face-up (Everyday opposite, describing the body with the face turned upward.)
Themen
health
|movement
|emergencies
|body
Definition
lying flat with your face and front of your body down on the ground or on something.
Lying flat with the front of the body, especially the face, turned toward the ground or another surface.
C1
LITERARY
3
Verwendungsmuster:
[something] is prone over/above [something]
The prone branches of the old tree brushed the surface of the lake.
Az öreg fa aláhajló ágai a tó felszínét súrolták.
From the road we looked up at the prone hillside, scattered with rocks and shrubs.
Az útról felnéztünk a sziklákkal és cserjékkel tarkított, lejtős hegyoldalra.
A prone figure of the knight was carved along the length of the tomb.
The city roofs formed a prone line descending toward the harbor.
Beispiele für Lernende
The artist drew a prone tree over the water.
A művész egy víz fölé hajló fát rajzolt.
We walked along a prone path that went slowly down the hill.
Egy enyhén lejtős ösvényen mentünk, amely lassan levezetett a dombról.
She rested under the prone branches of the big tree.
From the window, we saw a prone line of houses going down to the river.
Bedeutung
sloping or leaning downward
Wortverbindungen
prone branches
|prone figure
|prone body of land
|prone hillside
Synonyme
sloping (Neutral, common term for anything that is not level; lacks the literary flavor of "prone" in this sense.)
Antonyme
upright (Describes something standing straight up rather than leaning or bending downward.)
Themen
nature
|literature
|space
|core_vocabulary
Definition
sloping or bending down from a higher place, often used in literary descriptions.
Sloping, bending, or leaning forward or downward, often in a gentle or extended way.
Grammatik
Grundform
prone
IPA
GB/pɹˈoʊn/
US/pɹˈoʊn/
Silben & Betonung
prone (1 Silbe)
Stress on 1st syllable (prone)
Wortformen
Adjective
- Base: prone
- Comparative: proner
- Superlative: pronest
Wortfamilie
Forms
proner
adjective
pronest
adjective
Core family
proneness
noun
Ausdrücke
accident-prone
1/ˈæksədənt pɹˈoʊn/
fixed phrase
often involved in accidents
likely to have many accidents, often small ones like falling or breaking things.
Beispiele
- He’s so accident-prone that he breaks a glass almost every week.
- The company hired extra staff for the most accident-prone part of the factory.
- I’m a bit accident-prone, so I’m careful with sharp knives.
be prone to
1/bˈi pɹˈoʊn tə/
fixed phrase
have a tendency to do something
to be likely to do something or to have something happen to you, especially something bad or not wanted.
Beispiele
- Older computers are prone to freezing when you run many programs.
- Children are often prone to getting sick when school starts.
- He’s prone to anger if he feels ignored.
crime-prone area
1/kɹˈaɪm pɹˈoʊn ˈɛɹiə/
fixed phrase
area with frequent crime
a place where crimes, like theft or violence, happen more often than in other places.
Beispiele
- Police increased patrols in the most crime-prone area of the city.
- They moved away from a crime-prone area to find a safer neighborhood.
- Lighting and cameras were added to make the crime-prone area less dangerous.
disaster-prone
1/dɪzˈæstɚ pɹˈoʊn/
fixed phrase
likely to suffer disasters often
likely to have many serious problems like floods, earthquakes, or storms.
Beispiele
- The country is disaster-prone, with frequent earthquakes and typhoons.
- Building codes are stricter in disaster-prone regions.
- Aid was sent quickly to the disaster-prone coastal communities.
disease-prone
1/dɪzˈiz pɹˈoʊn/
fixed phrase
easily gets diseases
likely to get sick or have diseases more easily than normal.
Beispiele
- Children with weak immune systems are more disease-prone.
- The study focused on disease-prone communities in rural areas.
- Regular exercise can reduce the risk of becoming disease-prone.
error-prone
1/ˈɛɹɚ pɹˈoʊn/
fixed phrase
likely to produce mistakes
likely to have or make many mistakes.
Beispiele
- The process is slow and error-prone because it is done by hand.
- They replaced an error-prone manual system with automated software.
- Her first draft was quite error-prone, but the final version was excellent.
in a prone position
1/ˈɪn ə pɹˈoʊn pəzˈɪʃən/
fixed phrase
in a flat, face-down position
lying flat with your face and front of your body down.
Beispiele
- The patient should remain in a prone position for thirty minutes.
- The child was found in a prone position at the bottom of the stairs.
- During this exercise, you start in a prone position on the mat.
injury-prone
1/ˈɪnd͡ʒɚi pɹˈoʊn/
fixed phrase
likely to get injured often
likely to get hurt or have injuries many times.
Beispiele
- The player has a great talent but is very injury-prone.
- Running every day on hard surfaces can make you injury-prone.
- He used to be injury-prone, but strength training helped a lot.
lie prone
1/lˈaɪ pɹˈoʊn/
fixed phrase
lie flat, face down
to lie flat with your face and front of your body down on the ground or on something.
Beispiele
- The soldiers were ordered to lie prone and wait.
- He had to lie prone for the back examination.
- She lay prone on the beach towel, reading a book.
prone to depression
1/pɹˈoʊn tə dɪpɹˈɛʃən/
fixed phrase
likely to suffer depression
likely to feel depressed or have depression again and again.
Beispiele
- People who are prone to depression should seek support early.
- He’s always been prone to depression during the winter months.
- Stress at work can make someone more prone to depression.
prone to error
1/pɹˈoʊn tə ˈɛɹɚ/
fixed phrase
likely to have mistakes
likely to have many mistakes or to go wrong.
Beispiele
- Manual data entry is prone to error, so we double-check all records.
- The old system was prone to error and needed to be replaced.
- This method is fast but very prone to error if you are not careful.