Look up: prose

1. prose
   [n] - matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression 2. [n] - ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
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2. prose
   Spoken or written language without regular metre; in literature, prose corresponds more closely to the patterns of everyday speech than poetry, and often uses standard grammar and syntax and...
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3. Prose
   written language which does not follow poetic or dramatic forms.
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4. Prose
   Prose noun [ French prose , Latin prosa , from prorsus , prosus , straight forward, straight on, for proversus ; pro forward + versus , past participle of vertere to turn. See Verse .] <...
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5. Prose
   Prose adjective 1. Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition. 2. Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.
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6. Prose
   Prose transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Prosed ; present participle & verbal noun Prosing .] 1. To write in prose. 2. To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
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7. Prose
   Prose intransitive verb 1. To write prose. « Prosing or versing, but chiefly this latter.» Milton.
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8. prose
   1. The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition. 'I speak in prose, and let him rymes make.' (Chaucer) 'Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.' (Milton) 'I wish our clever young poets ...
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9. prose
   noun ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
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10. Prose
    • (v. t.) To write in prose. • (v. i.) To write prose. • (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition. • (v. t.) To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way. • (a.) Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; pr...
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11. prose
    continuous, non-end-stopped writing that has other traits of poetry and is, from its context, associated with poems.
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12. prose
    Any piece of writing that is not presented in lines but narrated in normal form of spoken or written language, e.g. short stories, novels, drama, but also newspaper reports, essays, speeches etc. The coherent text may only be interrupted by paragraphs.
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13. prose
    
    • ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
    • matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression
    
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14. prose
    prose [Lat. prosa oratio=straightforward, or direct, speech], meaningful and grammatical written or spoken language that does not utilize the metrical structure, word transposition, or rhyme characteristic of poetry or verse; it is, however, raised above the level of lifeless composition or commonpl...
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15. Prose
    Prose is ordinary spoken or written language, untrammelled by poetic measure, and thus used in contradistinction to verse or poetry.
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16. prose
    Spoken or written language without regular metre; in literature, prose corresponds more closely to the patterns of everyday speech than poetry, and often uses standard grammar and syntax and traditional rhetoric to achieve its ends. In Western literature prose was traditionally used for what is today called non-fiction – that is, histo...
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17. PROSE
    1. PROblem Solution Engineering. Numerical problems including differentiation and integration. 'Computing in Calculus', J. Thames, Research/Development 26(5) (May 1975). 2. A constraints-and-sequencing system similar to Kaleidoscope. 'Reflexive Constraints for Dynamic Knowledge Bases', P. Berland...
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18. Prose
    `Prose` is the most typical form of written language, applying ordinary grammatical structure and natural flow of speech rather than rhythmic structure (as in traditional poetry). While there are critical debates on the construction of prose, its simplicity and loosely defined structure has led to i...
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