prone, adjective, /pron/
1
likely to do something or suffer from something, especially something bad or harmful.
likely to do, have, or suffer from something - usually to.
Some plants are very prone to disease.
Kids are all prone to eat junk food.
He’s always been accident-prone.
They are prone to (making) errors/mistakes. = They are error-prone/mistake-prone. [=they make many errors/mistakes]
Tests showed that the machine is prone to failure/fail.
He is somewhat prone to depression.
People in my family are prone to heart disease.
He is prone to (having) accidents. = He is accident-prone. [=he has many accidents] an athlete who is injury-prone [=who is often injured]
2
lying down with the front of your body facing down.
lying with the front of your body facing downward.
His eyes shifted to the prone body on the floor.
He was lying on the floor in a prone position. = He was (lying) prone on the floor.
proneness, noun, /prəunnis/
proneness to accidents/depression.
prone, adverb, /pron/
Jack lay prone on his bed.
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