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prostrate

pros·trate
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pros-treyt]
    • /ˈprɒs treɪt/
    • /ˈprɒs.treɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pros-treyt]
    • /ˈprɒs treɪt/

Definitions of prostrate word

  • verb with object prostrate to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration. 1
  • verb with object prostrate to lay flat, as on the ground. 1
  • verb with object prostrate to throw down level with the ground. 1
  • verb with object prostrate to overthrow, overcome, or reduce to helplessness. 1
  • verb with object prostrate to reduce to physical weakness or exhaustion. 1
  • adjective prostrate lying flat or at full length, as on the ground. 1

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Origin of prostrate

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; (adj.) Middle English prostrat < Latin prōstrātus, past participle of prōsternere to throw prone, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + strā-, variant stem of sternere to stretch out + -tus past participle suffix; (v.) Middle English prostraten, derivative of the adj.

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Parts of speech for Prostrate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

prostrate popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

prostrate usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for prostrate

adj prostrate

  • accumbent — (of plant parts and plants) lying against some other part or thing
  • adulatory — If someone makes an adulatory comment about someone, they praise them and show their admiration of them.
  • all in — If you say that you are all in, you mean that you are extremely tired.
  • bedridden — Someone who is bedridden is so ill or has such a severe disability that they cannot get out of bed.
  • bottommost — lowest or most fundamental

verb prostrate

  • actioned — Simple past tense and past participle of action.
  • anesthetize — to cause anesthesia in; give an anesthetic to
  • anesthetized — to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
  • bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
  • beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.

adjective prostrate

  • disarmed — Simple past tense and past participle of disarm.
  • enervated — Cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken.
  • forceless — Without force.
  • immobilised — Simple past tense and past participle of immobilise.
  • immobilized — Simple past tense and past participle of immobilize.

Antonyms for prostrate

adjective prostrate

  • arrect — (of animals' ears) pricked up
  • erect — Rigidly upright or straight.
  • erectile — Able to become erect.

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