Prose

Word PROSE
Character 5
Hyphenation prose
Pronunciations /ˈpɹəʊz/

Definitions and meanings of "Prose"

What do we mean by prose?

Ordinary speech or writing, without metrical structure. noun

Commonplace expression or quality. noun

A hymn of irregular meter sung before the Gospel. noun

To write prose. intransitive verb

To speak or write in a dull, tiresome style. intransitive verb

To write or compose in prose: as, a fable prosed or versified.

To write or compose in prose.

To write or speak in a dull or tedious manner.

The ordinary written or spoken language of man; language not conformed to poetical measure, as opposed to verse or metrical composition. See poetry. noun

Hence Commonplace ideas or discourse. noun

In liturgics, a hymn sung after the gradual, originating from a practice of setting words to the jubilatio of the alleluia. noun

An oration; a story. noun

Relating to or consisting of prose; prosaic; not poetic; hence, plain; commonplace.

Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse. adjective

Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic. adjective

The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition. noun

Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse. noun

A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence. noun

To write in prose. transitive verb

To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way. transitive verb

Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.

Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.

A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Prose

The word "prose" in example sentences

For practical convenience three main sorts of rhythmic prose may be distinguished: (1) _characteristic prose_, or that in which no regularity (coincidence) is easily appreciable; (2) _cadenced prose_, or that in which the regularity is perceptible, but unobtrusive, and (3) _metrical prose_, or that in which the regularity is so noticeable as to be unpleasing. ❋ Paull Franklin Baum (N/A)

Yasmin's (Anika Noni Rose) crime report to the police officer, in prose, is almost placid yet intense. ❋ Jenee Darden (2010)

The primary issue in prose is motive: You have to understand why the people do what they do, or else the whole shebang falls apart as illusion. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I think that to capture another time in prose is a gift beyond worth. ❋ Deep_bluze (2005)

She says the last thing she's fallen back on is line breaks, that poetry has line breaks, and therefore she refuses to use the term prose poetry, because it finally shatters the last bit of taxonomy she has. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Because I'm an art student, and a highly-visually-oriented person, one of the things I love the most about your prose is the lushness and the beautiful sentences. ❋ Thingunderthest (2010)

As to the author's highly mannered style, it's not so much that his prose is awkward and lumbering — which it is! — just that the man's supreme lack of command for the English language is visible in every sentence, every phrase, every word, down to the smallest phoneme. ❋ Marshallpayne1 (2009)

"Steeped in effective 19th-century archaism, yet steely in sustaining the story, the prose is as poetic as it is violent." ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Martel's aims are ambitious, but the prose is amateur and the characters thin, the coy self-referentiality grates ..." ❋ Unknown (2010)

By comparing Nowlan's writing to that of John Grisham or Stephen King, Cicero must be suggesting that his prose is accessible, uncomplicated, not self-consciously "literary." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Reading Wood, no matter the book under review, provides enormous pleasure; his prose is at once buoyant and momentous, his judgment swift with imperial grace. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I have the feeling throughout this that he's finding his feet, relying on genre convention a bit overmuch, and his prose is a bit rocky in places -- he's leaning hard on the cliches of noir, and sometimes the resultant strain to the narrative voice makes me wince. ❋ Ashacat (2007)

I've heard often that Morrison can be difficult to read, as her prose is a little "stylistic" - did you feel that way? ❋ Unknown (2007)

He tells me he has written a twenty-eight-page manuscript, which he calls a prose-poem, based on his newly embraced credo that everything is art. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose; millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry. ❋ Unknown (1975)

"Standing Room Only" by Karen Joy Fowler falls under, especially since the author's prose is so convincing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Shepard's prose is not one that immediately grabs me, but one has to acknowledge his skill here. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I just object to the couching of an obvious pitch in prose that would suggest an earnest interest in the welfare of others. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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