prose
To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy wayTo write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
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» That poem mixes prose with poetry.
Dieses Gedicht vermischt Prosa und Lyrik. — Sudajaengi
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1 sensesTo write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
Examples
29 sentencesThat poem mixes prose with poetry.
deDieses Gedicht vermischt Prosa und Lyrik. — Sudajaengi
This poem combines prose with poetry.
ruЭто стихотворение сочетает в себе прозу и поэзию. — Lenin_1917
This is a prose poem, right?
He is a poet and prose writer.
ruОн поэт и прозаик. — shanghainese
She is a poet and prose writer.
ruОна поэт и прозаик. — marafon
Origin
From Middle English prose, from Old French prose, from Latin prōsa (“straightforward”) froFrom Middle English prose, from Old French prose, from Latin prōsa (“straightforward”) from the term prōsa ōrātiō (“a straightforward speech – i.e. without the ornaments of verse”).
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Forms
proses, prosing, prosed, prosedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.