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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pros•tra•tion (pro strā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the act of prostrating.
- the state of being prostrated.
- extreme mental or emotional depression or dejection:nervous prostration.
- Pathologyextreme physical weakness or exhaustion:heat prostration.
- Late Latin prōstrātiōn- (stem of prōstrātiō) a lying prone. See prostrate, -ion
- 1520–30
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pros•trate /ˈprɑstreɪt/USA pronunciation v., -trat•ed, -trat•ing, adj. v. - to throw oneself facedown on the ground, as in submission or adoration:[~ + oneself]He prostrated himself before the king.
- Pathology to reduce to physical weakness:[~ + object; usually: be + ~-ed]He was prostrated by the heat.
adj. - lying facedown, as to show submission or adoration.
- helpless;
exhausted:a country left prostrate by natural disasters.
pros•tra•tion /prɑstreɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pros•trate (pros′trāt),USA pronunciation v., -trat•ed, -trat•ing, adj. v.t. - to cast (oneself ) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
- to lay flat, as on the ground.
- to throw down level with the ground.
- to overthrow, overcome, or reduce to helplessness.
- Pathologyto reduce to physical weakness or exhaustion.
adj. - lying flat or at full length, as on the ground.
- lying face down on the ground, as in token of humility, submission, or adoration.
- overthrown, overcome, or helpless:a country left prostrate by natural disasters.
- physically weak or exhausted.
- submissive.
- utterly dejected or depressed; disconsolate.
- Botany(of a plant or stem) lying flat on the ground.
- Latin prōstrātus, past participle of prōsternere to throw prone, equivalent. to prō- pro-1 + strā-, variant stem of sternere to stretch out + -tus past participle suffix; (verb, verbal) Middle English prostraten, derivative of the adjective, adjectival
- (adjective, adjectival) Middle English prostrat 1350–1400
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged prone, supine, recumbent.
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