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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
/ prəʊz /
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
- ˈproseˌlike, adjective
Other Words From
- proselike adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of prose1
Word History and Origins
Origin of prose1
Example Sentences
Ten books in, Whitehead has established a pattern of unpredictability, experimenting across narrative types, structures and even genres, though always delivering sharp observation and rich prose.
It is the voice that carries the performance — a voice that sounds, simply, the way Twain’s prose reads.
"Red Sands," by Caroline EdenSharp, place-hungry prose invites readers to the desert cafes and city kitchens of Central Asia, in a vivid book leavened with accessible recipes.
Take GPT-3 by OpenAI, which produces startling human-like prose that’s both grammatically correct and stays mostly on topic.
Still, Owusu’s brilliance as a prose writer keeps me hooked even in these moments of uncertainty.
Francine Prose, in a testament to her talents, has managed to create a wartime saga that is both original and epic.
Prose has created an entire world populated with characters that jump off the page.
In Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction, they record that obsession.
Washington, DC, just a few blocks from Politics and Prose bookstore.
The parallel to which Mr. Ward refers is that contained in the earlier part of the Prose Lancelot.
Finally, when a child, he was carried off by a water maiden, meer-wîb (incident 7) (Lanzelet—Prose Lancelot).
It is unnecessary to say that nothing resembles "Gaspard de la nuit" less than the "Poems in Prose."
According to the Prose Edda, the giant, overcome with fright, took out his knife and severed Thor's line.
Prose, art aside, must needs bristle with things to be discovered; but in verse the most trifling things appear.
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