prose

noun/proʊz/

Frequency rank: #5,914 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.

Illustration for the English word “prose”

Example sentence

She decided to write her story in prose rather than in verse.

Synonyms & related words

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