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prove
[ proov ]
verb (used with object)
- to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument:
to prove one's claim.
Synonyms: verify, substantiate, confirm, demonstrate
Antonyms: disprove
- Law. to establish the authenticity or validity of (a will); probate.
- to give demonstration of by action.
- to subject to a test, experiment, comparison, analysis, or the like, to determine quality, amount, acceptability, characteristics, etc.:
to prove ore.
- to show (oneself ) to have the character or ability expected of one, especially through one's actions.
- Mathematics. to verify the correctness or validity of by mathematical demonstration or arithmetical proof.
- to cause (dough) to rise to the necessary lightness.
- Archaic. to experience.
verb (used without object)
- to turn out:
The experiment proved to be successful.
- to be found by trial or experience to be:
His story proved false.
- (of dough) to rise to a specified lightness:
Leave covered until it has proved.
prove
/ pruːv /
verb
- may take a clause as object or an infinitive to establish or demonstrate the truth or validity of; verify, esp by using an established sequence of procedures or statements
- to establish the quality of, esp by experiment or scientific analysis
- law to establish the validity and genuineness of (a will)
- to show (oneself) able or courageous
- copula to be found or shown (to be)
this has proved useless
he proved to be invaluable
- printing to take a trial impression of (type, etc)
- intr (of dough) to rise in a warm place before baking
- archaic.to undergo
Usage Note
Derived Forms
- ˌprovaˈbility, noun
- ˈprovably, adverb
- ˈprovable, adjective
Other Words From
- prova·ble adjective
- prova·bili·ty prova·ble·ness noun
- prova·bly adverb
- proven·ly adverb
- prover noun
- half-proved adjective
- half-proven adjective
- non·prova·ble adjective
- over·prove verb (used with object) overproved overproved or overproven overproving
- pre·prove verb (used with object) preproved preproved or preproven preproving
- self-proving adjective
- semi·proven adjective
- un·prova·ble adjective
- un·proved adjective
- un·proven adjective
- un·proving adjective
- well-proved adjective
- well-proven adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of prove1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with prove , also see exception proves the rule .Example Sentences
Experienced practitioners like Arctaris and Four Points prove that OZs can generate both impact and returns.
The play from Miami’s youth has proven that Butler and Spoelstra’s trust was not misplaced.
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The model of development with a proven record of success has been revealed as extremely dangerous if it continues as it has in the past.
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The digital dating sphere can prove tricky, and bruising, for the trans user.
Lee and Coogan did briefly meet with the pope, with pictures to prove it, but no one at the Vatican officially screened the film.
But if you have a hearing and you prove that someone is mature enough, well then that state interest evaporates.
Week after week, The Daily Beast features classic stories from the past that prove great writing is timeless.
He did not plead guilty, and has regularly filed petitions in an effort to prove his innocence.
Whether they had ever, at different times, pleaded for or against the same cause, and cited precedents to prove contrary opinions?
Accordingly, the question "How far does the note issue under the new system seem likely to prove an elastic one?"
The pictures of flowers which this artist paints prove her to be a devoted lover of nature.
I shall therefore, in my effort to prove the Bible fallible, quote almost wholly from Christian critics.
Letters coming from him from time to time prove that he was alive and well at least until three months ago.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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