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prosewritten or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure

Pronunciation (IPA): /proʊz/

Korean meaning: 운율이 없는 평범한 글이나 말, 산문

Korean pronunciation: **프로**즈

Example Sentences

  • His prose is so boring that it could cure insomnia better than sleeping pills.
  • She switched from writing poetry to prose because her poems kept breaking up with their rhymes.
  • The journalist's prose captured the essence of the political crisis with remarkable clarity.

prose

NOUN

//proʊz//

written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure

prose concept
💡 Concept

written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure

prose rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Beautiful prose blooms like a rose, then the journal close

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/proʊz/
🇬🇧 UK/prəʊz/

🌳Etymology

Rootpros

Origin

From Latin 'prosa' (prose discourse), derived from 'prosus' meaning 'straightforward' or 'direct', which comes from 'pro-' (forward) and 'versus' (turned). The term contrasts with verse, emphasizing ordinary speech without poetic structure.

🎵Rhyme

closechoserosegoes
close
chose
rose
goes

🔗Collocations

prose style
prose writing
lyrical prose
prose poetry
elegant prose
prose work

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

His prose is so boring that it could cure insomnia better than sleeping pills.

😄 Fun example

She switched from writing poetry to prose because her poems kept breaking up with their rhymes.

The journalist's prose captured the essence of the political crisis with remarkable clarity.

Her prose flows like honey, making even technical manuals sound poetic.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

writingtextcompositionliteraturenarrative

Antonyms

poetryverserhyme

Related

novelistessayfictionmanuscriptauthor

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