disprove

disprove

refute; invalidate; discredit, negate, confute

Not to be confused with:

disapprove – withhold approval from; refuse to sanction; deplore; criticize

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dis·prove

 (dĭs-pro͞ov′)

tr.v. dis·proved, dis·prov·ing, dis·proves

To prove to be false, invalid, or in error; refute.

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[Middle English disproven, from Old French desprover : des-, dis- + prover, to prove; see prove.]

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dis·prov′a·ble adj.

dis·prov′al n.

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disprove

(dɪsˈpruːv)

vb

(tr) to show (an assertion, claim, etc) to be incorrect

disˈprovable adj

disˈproval n

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dis•prove

(dɪsˈpruv)

v.t. -proved, -prov•ing.

to prove to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French desprover=des- dis-¹ + prover to prove]

dis•prov′a•ble, adj.

dis•prov′er, n.

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disprove

Past participle: disproved
Gerund: disproving

Imperative

disprove

disprove

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

disprove - prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories" confute explode - show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete negate, contradict - prove negative; show to be false controvert, rebut, refute - prove to be false or incorrect falsify - prove false; "Falsify a claim" shew, show, demonstrate, prove, establish - establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

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disprove

verb prove false, discredit, refute, contradict, negate, invalidate, rebut, give the lie to, make a nonsense of, blow out of the water (slang), controvert, confute The statistics disprove his hypothesis.
show, prove, confirm, verify, ascertain, bear out, substantiate, evince

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disprove

verb

To prove or show to be false:

belie, confute, discredit, rebut, refute.

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Translations

vyvrátit

modbevise

widerlegen

kumota

réfuter

hrekja, afsanna

confutare

paneigti

apgāztatspēkot

gjendrivemotbevise

aksini ispat etmekçürütmek

证明......为误证明...不成立

disprove

[dɪsˈpruːv] VT [+ theory, argument] → refutar, rebatir; [+ claim, allegation] → desmentir

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disprove

[dɪsˈpruːv] vt [+ theory, claim, notion] → réfuter

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disprove

vt → widerlegen

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disprove

[dɪsˈpruːv] vt → confutare

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disprove

(disˈpruːv) verb

to prove to be false or wrong. His theories have been disproved by modern scientific research. weerlegbaar يَدْحَض، يُفَنِّد، يُبَرْهِن عَدَم صِحَّة опровергавам invalidar vyvrátit widerlegen modbevise αναιρώ, αποδεικνύω ότι κτ. είναι λάθος refutar kummutama نادرستی چیزی را ثابت کردن osoittaa virheelliseksi réfuter לְהָפרִיך झूठा ठहराना dokazati neispravnost, dokazati neistinu megcáfol membuktikan kesalahan hrekja, afsanna smentire 誤りであることを示す 논박하다 paneigti, sugriauti atspēkot; apgāzt membuktikan kesilapan weerleggenmotbevise, gjendriveoblać, falsyfikować غلط ثابتول، تر دېدول invalidar a dovedi nete­meinicia опровергать vyvrátiť ovreči opovrgnuti vederlägga, motbevisa พิสูจน์ให้เห็นว่าผิด çürütmek, aksini ispat etmek 證明某事不實或有誤 спростовувати غلط ثابت کرنا bác bỏ 证明...不成立，证明......为误

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disprove

v. refutar.

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