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prose
(prōz)n.
1. Ordinary speech or writing, without metrical structure.
2. Commonplace expression or quality.
3. Roman Catholic Church A hymn of irregular meter sung before the Gospel.
intr.v. prosed, pros·ing, pros·es
1. To write prose.
2. To speak or write in a dull, tiresome style.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin prōsa (ōrātiō), straightforward (discourse), feminine of prōsus, alteration of prōrsus, from prōversus, past participle of prōvertere, to turn forward : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + vertere, to turn; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]
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prose
(prəʊz)n
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) spoken or written language as in ordinary usage, distinguished from poetry by its lack of a marked metrical structure
2. (Education) a passage set for translation into a foreign language
3. commonplace or dull discourse, expression, etc
4. (Roman Catholic Church) RC Church a hymn recited or sung after the gradual at Mass
5. (modifier) written in prose
6. (modifier) matter-of-fact
vb
7. to write or say (something) in prose
8. (intr) to speak or write in a tedious style
[C14: via Old French from Latin phrase prōsa ōrātiō straightforward speech, from prorsus prosaic, from prōvertere to turn forwards, from pro-1 + vertere to turn]
ˈproseˌlike adj
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prose
(proʊz)n., adj., v. prosed, pros•ing. n.
1. the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
2. matter-of-fact, commonplace, or dull expression, quality, discourse, etc.
adj. 3. of, in, or pertaining to prose.
4. commonplace; prosaic.
v.t. 5. to turn into or express in prose.
v.i. 6. to write or talk in a dull, matter-of-fact manner.
[1300–50; Middle English < Middle French < Latin prōsa (ōrātiō) literally, straightforward (speech), feminine of prōsus, for prōrsus, contraction of prōversus, past participle of prōvertere to turn forward =prō- pro-1 + vertere to turn]
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prose
Past participle: prosed
Gerund: prosing
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| Noun | 1. | prose - ordinary writing as distinguished from verse euphuism - an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology nonfiction, nonfictional prose - prose writing that is not fictional interior monologue - a literary genre that presents a fictional character's sequence of thoughts in the form of a monologue stream of consciousness - a literary genre that reveals a character's thoughts and feeling as they develop by means of a long soliloquy prose poem - prose that resembles poetry polyphonic prose - a rhythmical prose employing the poetic devices of alliteration and assonance |
| 2. | prose - matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper" |
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prose
noun
Quotations
"Prose = words in their best order; poetry = the best words in their best order" [Samuel Taylor Coleridge Table Talk]
"Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it" [Jeremy Bentham]
"All that is not prose is verse; and all that is not verse is prose" [Molière Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme]
"Prose = words in their best order; poetry = the best words in their best order" [Samuel Taylor Coleridge Table Talk]
"Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it" [Jeremy Bentham]
"All that is not prose is verse; and all that is not verse is prose" [Molière Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme]
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Translations
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próza
prosa
proosa
proosa
próza
prosa
prósi, óbundiî mál
proza
proza
próza
prose
[prəʊz]A. N
1. (Literat) → prosa f
2. (Scol) (also prose translation) → texto m para traducir (also prose composition) → traducción f inversa
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prose
n → Prosa f; (= writing, style) → Stil m; (Sch, Univ: = translation text) → Übersetzung f → in die Fremdsprache, Hinübersetzung f
prose
:prose poem
n → Prosagedicht nt
prose style
n → Stil m
prose writer
n → Prosaschriftsteller(in) m(f)
prose writing
n → Prosadichtung f
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prose
(prəuz) noun writing that is not in verse; ordinary written or spoken language.
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