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prose

[ prohz ]

noun

  1. the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
  2. matter-of-fact, commonplace, or dull expression, quality, discourse, etc.
  3. Liturgy. a hymn sung after the gradual, originating from a practice of setting words to the jubilatio of the alleluia.


adjective

  1. of, in, or pertaining to prose.
  2. commonplace; dull; prosaic.

verb (used with object)

prosed, prosing.
  1. to turn into or express in prose.

verb (used without object)

prosed, prosing.
  1. to write or talk in a dull, matter-of-fact manner.

prose

/ ±è°ùəʊ³ú /

noun

  1. spoken or written language as in ordinary usage, distinguished from poetry by its lack of a marked metrical structure
  2. a passage set for translation into a foreign language
  3. commonplace or dull discourse, expression, etc
  4. RC Church a hymn recited or sung after the gradual at Mass
  5. modifier written in prose
  6. modifier matter-of-fact
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to write or say (something) in prose
  2. intr to speak or write in a tedious style
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±è°ù´Ç²õ±ðËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è°ù´Ç²õ±ðl¾±°ì±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of prose1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin prÅsa (ÅrÄtiÅ), literally, “straightforward (speech),†feminine of prÅsus, prÅrsus, contraction of ±è°ùű¹±ð°ù²õ³Ü²õ “turned forward,†past participle of ±è°ùű¹±ð°ù³Ù±ð°ù±ð “to turn forward,†equivalent to ±è°ùÅ- pro- 1 + vertere “to turnâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of prose1

C14: via Old French from Latin phrase prÅsa ÅrÄtiÅ straightforward speech, from prorsus prosaic, from ±è°ùű¹±ð°ù³Ù±ð°ù±ð to turn forwards, from pro- 1+ vertere to turn
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But over the course of her inquisition into the events surrounding her late husband’s heart attack, her prose becomes sharper, more concise.

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Los Angeles is burning, a tragedy so vast it renders Didion’s prose on the Santa Ana winds unhelpful.

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Despite occasionally pedestrian prose, the novel was a swift read that, like a memoir, drew power from its authenticity.

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As a child in a "one-horse town in South Carolina," Smalls was drawn to Shakespeare and prose, spending time in his mother’s rose garden, despite the skepticism of those around him.

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Lisicky, noted for his prose in both novels and memoirs, beautifully delineates how artists of different kinds influence each other by tracing his discovery of and passion for singer-songwriter Mitchell’s work.

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