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proneness

/ˈprəʊnnəs/noun

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प्रवृत्ति, झुकाव, (किसी चीज़ की) संभावना

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noun
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    [U] ~ to sth

    the fact of being likely to suffer from something or to do something bad

    प्रवृत्ति, झुकाव, (किसी चीज़ की) संभावना

    • his proneness to anger
    • The region's proneness to floods makes farming risky.
    • The child's proneness to colds worried her mother.
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    • Poor drainage adds to the area's proneness to flooding.
    • Their proneness to quarrel over small things damaged the friendship.

    Synonyms tendency susceptibility liability inclination vulnerability

    Opposite immunity resistance

◇Word family
prone adjective
≈Synonyms and antonyms
§Grammar and usage

Proneness to something, as in 'proneness to injury'.

Preposition: proneness to something सही है, जैसे 'proneness to injury'।