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noun ADJ. clear, plain, simple | elegant, flowing, rhythmic | flowery, purple (= elaborate or exaggerated in style) | descriptive | discursive | continuous I plan out an essay in note form before writing it up in continuous prose. | academic, literary QUANT. piece VERB + PROSE write (in) PROSE + NOUN works, writing | writer | style | narrative | passage, text | fiction PREP. in ~ a passage in prose
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