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be prone tolikely to suffer from, do, or experience something, typically something regrettable or unwelcome

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: likely to suffer from, do, or experience something, typically something regrettable or unwelcome

Pronunciation (IPA): /biː proʊn tuː/

Example Sentences

  • My phone is prone to overheating whenever I play games for more than 10 minutes.
  • Students are prone to falling asleep during boring lectures, especially after lunch.
  • She's prone to buying unnecessary items whenever she goes shopping online.

be prone to

NOUN

[/biː proʊn tuː/]

likely to suffer from, do, or experience something, typically something regrettable or unwelcome

likely to suffer from, do, or experience something, typically something regrettable or unwelcome
💡 Concept

likely to suffer from, do, or experience something, typically something regrettable or unwelcome

Always on his phone, he's prone to danger in every zone!
🎵 Rhyme

Always on his phone, he's prone to danger in every zone!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/biː proʊn tuː/
🇬🇧 UK/biː prəʊn tuː/

🌳Etymology

Rootprone

🎵Rhyme

stonebonephonezone
stone
bone
phone
zone

🔗Collocations

be prone to accidents
prone to infection
prone to errors
prone to violence
prone to exaggeration

📝Examples

My phone is prone to overheating whenever I play games for more than 10 minutes.

😄 Fun example

Students are prone to falling asleep during boring lectures, especially after lunch.

😄 Fun example

She's prone to buying unnecessary items whenever she goes shopping online.

This area is prone to flooding during heavy rains.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

liable tosusceptible toinclined toapt tolikely to

Antonyms

resistant toimmune tounlikely to

Related

tendencyinclinationpredispositionvulnerability

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