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Definitions for Prose

[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.
[3] Liturgy . a hymn sung after the gradual, originating from a practice of setting words to the jubilatio of the alleluia.
[4] of, in, or pertaining to prose.
[5] commonplace; dull; prosaic.
[6] to turn into or express in prose.
[7] to write or talk in a dull, matter-of-fact manner.
[8] spoken or written language as in ordinary usage, distinguished from poetry by its lack of a marked metrical structure
[9] a passage set for translation into a foreign language
[10] commonplace or dull discourse, expression, etc
[11] RC Church a hymn recited or sung after the gradual at Mass
[12] (modifier) written in prose
[13] (modifier) matter-of-fact
[14] to write or say (something) in prose
[15] (intr) to speak or write in a tedious style

Words related to Prose

essay, story, text, fiction, speech, writing, composition, nonfiction, tongue, book, exposition, talk

Words nearby Prose

prosateur, proscenium, prosciutto, proscribe, proscription, prose, prose edda, prose poem, prosecco, prosecretin, prosect

Origin of Prose

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, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + vertere to turn

Other words from Prose

prose·like , adjective

Word origin for Prose

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

Synonyms for Prose

composition, essay, fiction, nonfiction, speech, story, text, writing, book, exposition, talk, tongue