prose

prose is on the Basic English 850 List.

property - prose - protest

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈprəʊz/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈproʊz/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: pros

Noun

Singular prose

Plural proses

1. Prose is words which are not poetry. They can be spoken or written, but they don't have rhythm or rhyme. Most of the time when people use words, it is prose.

   The pictures in this book are good, but the prose is too hard to read.