1 ~ to sth / to do sth likely to suffer from sth or to do sth bad
SYNLIABLE:
prone to infection / injury * Working without a break makes you more prone to error. * Tired drivers were found to be particularly prone to ignore warning signs.
2 (-prone) (in adjectives) likely to suffer or do the thing mentioned:
error-prone * injury-prone
seealsoACCIDENT-PRONE
3 (formal) lying flat with the front of your body touching the ground
SYNPROSTRATE:
The victim lay prone without moving. * He was found lying in a prone position.
compareSUPINE
proneness noun [U]:
proneness to depression / injury
