Synonymer

Uttal

  • RP:
    • IPA: /ˈpɹɒstɹeɪt/
  • GenAm:
    • IPA: /ˈpɹɑːstɹeɪt/
  • Okänd accent:
    • IPA: /ˈprɔstreɪt/

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Definitioner

Adjektiv

  1. Lying flat, facedown.
  2. Emotionally devastated.
  3. Physically incapacitated from environmental exposure or debilitating disease.
  4. (botany) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.

Verb

  1. (Often reflexive) To lie flat or facedown.
  2. To throw oneself down in submission (also figuratively).
  3. To cause to lie down, to flatten; (figuratively) to overcome or overpower.

Exempel

  • Prostrate fall / Before him reverent, and there confess / Humbly our faults.
  • Finally almost the whole world was combined against the evil-doers, who are now prostrate before us.
  • I told him you was prostrate with grief. — Mammy to Scarlett, Gone With the Wind.
  • He was prostrate from the extreme heat.
  • How many of these mighty pines were to be prostrated under that approaching tempest!

Böjningsformer

Perfektparticipprostrated
Imperfektprostrated
Presensparticipprostrating
Tredje person singular indicativ presensprostrates
Tredje person singular indicativ presensprostrateth

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