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prose
n. everyday style of writing, nonpoetic style of writing; common phrase, dull expression
 
adj. boring, tedious, tiresome; unimaginative, dull, not creative


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Prose
For the Wikipedia guideline regarding editing articles, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style. Prose is writing distinguished from poetry by its greater variety of rhythm and its closer resemblance to the patterns of everyday speech. The word prose comes from the Latin prosa, meaning straightforward, hence the term "prosaic," which is often seen as pejorative. Prose describes the type of writing that prose embodies, unadorned with obvious stylistic devices. Prose writing is usually adopted for the description of facts or the discussion of whatever one's thoughts are, incorporated in free flowing speech. Thus, it may be used for newspapers, capers, magazines, encyclopedias, broadcast media, films, letters, debtor's notes, famous quotes, murder mystery, history, philosophy, biography, linguistic geography and many other forms of media.
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prose
Noun
1. ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
(hypernym) writing style, literary genre, genre
(hyponym) euphuism
2. matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression
(hypernym) expressive style, style


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prose (f)
n. prose, everyday style of writing, nonpoetic style of writing; common phrase, dull expression

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prosa (f)
n. prose, prose work, drama

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