prone

Universal Words adjective 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