Dictionary Entry
prose
prose is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition.
- 2noun
Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
- 3noun
A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence.
- 4adjective
Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.
- 5adjective
Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.
- 6transitive verb
To write in prose.
- 7transitive verb
To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
- 8intransitive verb
To write prose.
- 9noun
ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
- 10noun
matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression
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