Prose

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Ordinary speech or writing, without metrical structure.
  • n. Commonplace expression or quality.
  • n. Roman Catholic Church A hymn of irregular meter sung before the Gospel.
  • verb-intransitive. To write prose.
  • verb-intransitive. To speak or write in a dull, tiresome style.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.
  • v. to write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition.
  • n. Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
  • n. A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence.
  • adj. Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse.
  • adj. Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic.
  • v. To write in prose.
  • v. To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
  • verb-intransitive. To write prose.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The ordinary written or spoken language of man; language not conformed to poetical measure, as opposed to verse or metrical composition. See poetry.
  • n. Hence Commonplace ideas or discourse.
  • n. In liturgics, a hymn sung after the gradual, originating from a practice of setting words to the jubilatio of the alleluia.
  • n. An oration; a story.
  • Relating to or consisting of prose; prosaic; not poetic; hence, plain; commonplace.
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression
  • n. ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
  • Antonym
    poeticize    versify    verse    poetry   
    Verb Form
    prosed    proses    prosing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Variant
    sequence   
    Form
    prosed    prosing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    plain    dull    prosaic    prosify    beprose    depoeticize    depoetize    composition    commonplace    matter-of-fact   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bose    Brose    Goes    Joes    Jos    Mose    Rose    Stavros    arose    bestows   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    verse    poetry    write    fiction    narrative    style    essay    diction    writing    comedy