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pronate

UK/ˈpɹəʊ.neɪt/US/ˈpɹoʊ.neɪt/

pronate verb: to turn or rotate one’s hand and forearm so that the palm faces down if the forearm is horizontal, back if the arm is pointing down, or forward if the forearm is pointing up; to twist the right forearm counterclockwise or the left forearm clockwise.

Verb

pronate (third-person singular simple present pronates, present participle pronating, simple past and past participle pronated)

  1. (transitive) To turn or rotate one’s hand and forearm so that the palm faces down if the forearm is horizontal, back if the arm is pointing down, or forward if the forearm is pointing up; to twist the right forearm counterclockwise or the left forearm clockwise.
  2. (transitive) To twist the foot so that if walking the weight would be borne on the inner edge of the foot.
  3. (intransitive) To become pronated.

Adjective

pronate (comparative more pronate, superlative most pronate)

  1. Somewhat prone; inclined.
    • pronate trees
    • Hold the cello bow with the hand in a pronate position over the frog.

pronate meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

pronate in Tamil

புரட்டு, புறனுருட்டு

pronate in Bengali

প্রনেট হওয়া, কিছুটা উপুড়, ঝোঁকানো

pronate in Kannada

ಬೋರಲು ಮಾಡು, ಬೋರಲಾಗಿಸು, ಅವತಾನಿಸು

Antonyms of pronate

Forms of pronate

Verb
third-person singular presentpronates
present participlepronating
past participlepronated
pastpronated
Adjective
comparativemore pronate
superlativemost pronate

Origin of pronate

From Latin prōnatus, past participle of prōnare (“to bend forward”). See prone.

Words formed from pronate

Questions about pronate

What does pronate mean?
Pronate means to turn or rotate one’s hand and forearm so that the palm faces down if the forearm is horizontal, back if the arm is pointing down, or forward if the forearm is pointing up; to twist the right forearm counterclockwise or the left forearm clockwise.
What is pronate in Tamil?
Pronate in Tamil is புரட்டு, புறனுருட்டு. See Pronate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pronate?
Pronate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce pronate?
Pronate is pronounced /ˈpɹəʊ.neɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of pronate?
The past tense of pronate is pronated.

Words near pronate in the dictionary

  1. pronatal
  2. pronatalism
  3. pronatalisms
  4. pronatalist
  5. pronatalists
  6. pronate
  7. pronated
  8. pronates
  9. pronating
  10. pronation
  11. pronational

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pronate (page history and authors); pronate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pronate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pronate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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