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prose
[ prohz ]
noun
- the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- matter-of-fact, commonplace, or dull expression, quality, discourse, etc.
- Liturgy. a hymn sung after the gradual, originating from a practice of setting words to the jubilatio of the alleluia.
adjective
- of, in, or pertaining to prose.
- commonplace; dull; prosaic.
verb (used with object)
- to turn into or express in prose.
verb (used without object)
- to write or talk in a dull, matter-of-fact manner.
prose
/ ±è°ùəʊ³ú /
noun
- spoken or written language as in ordinary usage, distinguished from poetry by its lack of a marked metrical structure
- a passage set for translation into a foreign language
- commonplace or dull discourse, expression, etc
- RC Church a hymn recited or sung after the gradual at Mass
- modifier written in prose
- modifier matter-of-fact
verb
- to write or say (something) in prose
- intr to speak or write in a tedious style
Derived Forms
- ˈ±è°ù´Ç²õ±ðËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è°ù´Ç²õ±ðl¾±°ì±ð adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of prose1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of prose1
Example Sentences
But over the course of her inquisition into the events surrounding her late husband’s heart attack, her prose becomes sharper, more concise.
Los Angeles is burning, a tragedy so vast it renders Didion’s prose on the Santa Ana winds unhelpful.
Despite occasionally pedestrian prose, the novel was a swift read that, like a memoir, drew power from its authenticity.
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.
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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