writing that is not poetrythe author’s clear elegant prose (= style of writing)I plan out an essay in note form before writing it up in continuous prose.a passage in proseOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveclear,lucid,plain,…… of prosepieceverb + prosewrite,write in,craft,…prose + nounworks,writing,writer,…prepositionin proseSeefull entrySee related entries:Elements of a storyWord OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin prosa (oratio) ‘straightforward (discourse)’, feminine of prosus, earlier prorsus ‘direct’.
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