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prove  (prv)

v. proved, proved or prov·en (prvn), prov·ing, proves

v.tr.

1. To establish the truth or validity of by presentation of argument or evidence.

2. Law To establish the authenticity of (a will).

3. To determine the quality of by testing; try out.

4. Mathematics

a. To demonstrate the validity of (a hypothesis or proposition).

b. To verify (the result of a calculation).

5. Printing To make a sample impression of (type).

6. Archaic To find out or learn (something) through experience.

v.intr.

To be shown to be such; turn out: a theory that proved impractical in practice.

Phrasal Verb:

prove out

To turn out well; succeed.

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[Middle English proven, from Old French prover, from Latin probre, to test, from probus, good; see per¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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prova·bili·ty, prova·ble·ness n.

prova·ble adj.

prova·bly adv.

proven·ly adv.

prover n.

Usage Note: Prove has two past participles: proved and proven. Proved is the older form. Proven is a variant. The Middle English spellings of prove included preven, a form that died out in England but survived in Scotland, and the past participle proven, a form that probably rose by analogy with verbs like weave, woven and cleave, cloven. Proven was originally used in Scottish legal contexts, such as The jury ruled that the charges were not proven. In the 20th century, proven has made inroads into the territory once dominated by proved, so that now the two forms compete on equal footing as participles. However, when used as an adjective before a noun, proven is now the more common word: a proven talent.

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prove [pruːv]

vb proves, proving, proved ; proved, proven (mainly tr)

1. (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

2. to establish the quality of, esp by experiment or scientific analysis

3. (Law) Law to establish the validity and genuineness of (a will)

4. to show (oneself) able or courageous

5. (copula) to be found or shown (to be) this has proved useless he proved to be invaluable

6. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing to take a trial impression of (type, etc.)

7. (Cookery) (intr) (of dough) to rise in a warm place before baking

8. Archaic to undergo

[from Old French prover, from Latin probāre to test, from probus honest]

provable  adj

provability  n

provably  adv

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	prove - be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive" turn out, turn up be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" ensue, result - issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end; "result in tragedy"
	2.	prove - 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" shew, show, demonstrate, establish prove oneself - show one's ability or courage prove - prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain - establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" negate, contradict - prove negative; show to be false stultify - prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence; "nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself" confute, disprove - prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"
	3.	prove - provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" bear witness, evidence, testify, show law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" attest, certify, evidence, manifest, demonstrate - provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness" inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights" presume - constitute reasonable evidence for; "A restaurant bill presumes the consumption of food" abduce, adduce, cite - advance evidence for
	4.	prove - prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement 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"
	5.	prove - put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe" test, try out, try, essay, examine pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" verify, control - check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard; "Are you controlling for the temperature?" float - circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform" field-test - test something under the conditions under which it will actually be used; "The Army field tested the new tanks"
	6.	prove - increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room" rise grow - become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"
	7.	prove - cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread" leaven, raise lift, raise, elevate, get up, bring up - raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
	8.	prove - take a trial impression of print, impress - reproduce by printing
	9.	prove - obtain probate of; "prove a will" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" authenticate - establish the authenticity of something

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prove

verb

1. turn out, come out, end up, be found to be In the past this process has proved difficult.

2. verify, establish, determine, show, evidence, confirm, demonstrate, justify, ascertain, bear out, attest, substantiate, corroborate, authenticate, evince, show clearly new evidence that could prove their innocence
verify rule out, discredit, refute, disprove, give the lie to

prove yourself show yourself, demonstrate your ability Now's your chance to prove yourself. She proved herself to be a good mother.

Translations

prove [pruːv] (proved (pt) (proved or proven (pp)))

A. VT

1. (= give proof of) [+ theory, statement] → demostrar, probar; (one's love, loyalty, strength) → demostrar
my son was murdered, and I'm going to prove it → a mi hijo lo asesinaron, y voy a demostrarlo or probarlo
can you prove it? → ¿lo puede demostrar or probar?
statistics never prove anything → las estadísticas nunca prueban or demuestran nada
you say you love me, so prove it → dices que me quieres, pues demuéstralo or pruébalo
he wanted to prove his love for her → quería demostrar su amor por ella
you can't prove anything against me → usted no tiene ninguna prueba en mi contra → usted no puede demostrar or probar nada en mi contra
it just proves how stupid he is → simplemente demuestra or prueba lo tonto que es
to prove sb's innocence, prove sb innocent → demostrar or probar la inocencia de algn
to prove one's point → demostrar que uno está en lo cierto or tiene razón
she took him to court just to prove a point → lo llevó a los tribunales simplemente para demostrar or probar que estaba en lo cierto or que ella tenía razón
to prove sb right → demostrar que algn tiene razón
he was proved right in the end → al fin se demostró que tenía razón
it's been scientifically proven or proved → se ha probado or demostrado científicamente, ha sido probado or demostrado científicamente
to prove that → demostrar que, probar que
that proves that she did it → eso demuestra or prueba que ella lo hizo
she wants to prove to herself that she can still hold down a job → quiere demostrarse a sí misma que todavía puede mantener un trabajo
what are you trying to prove? → ¿qué intentas demostrar or probar?
it's difficult to prove what's going on → es difícil demostrar or probar lo que está pasando
whether he was right remains to be proved → aún falta por demostrar or probar si tenía razón
to prove sb wrong → demostrar que algn está equivocado
everyone said that we would fail but we proved them wrong → todo el mundo decía que fracasaríamos, pero demostramos que estaban equivocados
she attempted to prove their theory wrong → intentó encontrar pruebas que demostraran que su teoría estaba equivocada
the exception proves the rule → la excepción confirma la regla

2. (= verify) → comprobar
you can prove how effective this method is by trying it out yourself → puede comprobar la eficacia de este método probándolo usted mismo

3.
to prove o.s. → demostrar lo que uno vale
you don't need to prove yourself → no tienes que demostrar lo que vales
he has proved himself worthy of our trust → ha demostrado ser digno de nuestra confianza
he has proved himself to be a successful manager → ha demostrado ser un gerente eficaz

4. (= test out) → poner a prueba, someter a prueba

5. (Jur)
to prove a will → homologar un testamento

B. VI

1. (= turn out) → resultar
it proved (to be) useful → resultó(ser)útil
if it proves (to be) otherwise → si resulta(ser)lo contrario
it may prove difficult to secure funding → puede que resulte difícil conseguir fondos
the news proved false → resultó que la noticia era falsa
the temptation proved too much for her → la tentación resultó demasiado grande para ella → no pudo resistir la tentación

2. (Culin) [dough] → leudarse

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prove [ˈpruːv]

vt [+ theory] → prouver
The police couldn't prove it → La police n'a pas pu le prouver.
This proves nothing! → Cela ne prouve rien !
to prove (that) ... [evidence, results] → prouver que ...
to prove sb right → donner raison à qn
History will prove him right → L'histoire lui donnera raison.
History will prove him to have been right all along → L'histoire prouvera qu'il avait raison depuis le début.
He was proved right in the end
BUT Il s'est avéré qu'il avait raison.
to prove sb wrong → donner tort à qn
I was determined to prove him wrong → J'étais décidé à lui donner tort.
BUT J'étais décidé à prouver qu'il avait tort.
to prove o.s. → montrer ce dont on est capable
to prove o.s. useful → s'avérer utile
to prove o.s. to be sth → s'avérer être qch
Margaret proved herself to be a good mother → Margaret s'est avérée être une bonne mère.

vi
to prove correct, to prove to be correct → s'avérer juste
to prove useful, to prove to be useful → s'avérer utile
to prove difficult, to prove to be difficult → s'avérer difficile

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prove pret <proved>, ptp <proved or proven>

vt

(= verify) → beweisen; will → beglaubigen; he proved that she did it → er bewies or er wies nach, dass sie das getan hat; to prove somebody innocent or somebody’s innocence → jds Unschuld beweisen or nachweisen; to prove something against somebody → jdm etwas nachweisen; whether his judgement was right remains to be proved or proven → es muss sich erst noch erweisen, ob seine Beurteilung zutrifft; it all goes to prove that … → das beweist mal wieder, dass …; he was proved right in the end → er hat schließlich doch recht behalten

(= test out, put to the proof) rifle, aircraft etc → erproben; one’s worth, courage → unter Beweis stellen, beweisen; he did it just to prove a point → er tat es nur der Sache wegen

(Cook) dough → gehen lassen

vi

(Cook: dough) → gehen

(= turn out) to prove (to be) hot/useful etc → sich als heiß/nützlich etc erweisen; if it proves otherwise → wenn sich das Gegenteil herausstellt

vr

(= show one’s value, courage etc) → sich bewähren

to prove oneself innocent/indispensable etc → sich als unschuldig/unentbehrlich etc erweisen

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prove [pruːv] (proved (pt) (proved or proven (pp))) [ˈpruːv/ən]

1. vt

a. (verify) → provare, dimostrare
to prove sb innocent → provare or dimostrare l'innocenza di qn
he was proved right in the end → alla fine i fatti gli hanno dato ragione

b. (put to the test, courage, usefulness) → dimostrare, mettere alla prova
to prove o.s. → dar prova di sé

c. (turn out) to prove (to be) useful → rivelarsi utile
to prove correct → risultare vero/a
if it proves (to be) otherwise → dovesse rivelarsi altrimenti

2. vi = vt c

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prove [pruːv] (proved (pt) (proved or proven (pp))) [ˈpruːv/ən]

1. vt

a. (verify) → provare, dimostrare
to prove sb innocent → provare or dimostrare l'innocenza di qn
he was proved right in the end → alla fine i fatti gli hanno dato ragione

b. (put to the test, courage, usefulness) → dimostrare, mettere alla prova
to prove o.s. → dar prova di sé

c. (turn out) to prove (to be) useful → rivelarsi utile
to prove correct → risultare vero/a
if it proves (to be) otherwise → dovesse rivelarsi altrimenti

2. vi = vt c

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prove

v prove [pruːv]

1 to show to be true or correct This fact proves his guilt; He was proved guilty; Can you prove your theory? bewys يُبَرْهِن доказвам dokázat bevise beweisen αποδεικνύω probar tõestama ثابت کردن todistaa prouver לְהוֹכִיח सिद्ध करना (be)bizonyít membuktikan sanna provare, dimostrare 証明する 입증하다 įrodyti pierādīt membuktikan bewijzen bevise, bekrefte dowodzić provar a dovedi доказывать dokázať dokazati dokazati bevisa, styrka พิสูจน์ kanıtlamak, ispat etmek 證實 доводити; підтверджувати ثابت کرنا chứng minh 证实

2 to turn out, or be found, to be His suspicions proved (to be) correct; This tool proved very useful. is toe al die tyd يَتَّضِح، يَتَبَيَّن أنَّه оказвам се ukázat se vise sig sich erweisen als αποδεικνύομαι resultar osutuma معلوم کردن؛ نشان دادن osoittautua (s')avérer לְהִתבַּרֵר ש- निकलना, सिद्ध हो जाना bizonyul ternyata reynast dimostrarsi, rivelarsi ～だとわかる 증명되다 pasirodyti izrādīties terbukti blijken vise seg å være okazać się mostrar ser a se dovedi оказываться ukázať sa pokazati se ispostaviti se visa sig vara กลายเป็น ...-duğu ortaya çıkmak, anlaşılmak 證明 виявлятися ثابت ہونا xác nhận 证明

adj proven

(especially in law) proved. bewese مُبَرْهَن، مُثْبَت доказан dokázaný bevist bewiesen αποδεδειγμένος probado tõestatud اثبات شده todistettu (é)prouvé מוּכַח सिद्ध हुआ (be)bizonyított terbukti sannaður provato 証明された 증명된 įrodytas pierādīts terbukti bewezen bevist; påvist udowodniony provado dovedit доказанный dokázaný dokazan dokazan bevisad, styrkt ที่ทดสอบก่อน kanıtlanmış 已證明的 доведений ثابت شدہ đã được chứng minh 已证明的

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prove → يُثْبِت dokázat bevise beweisen αποδεικνύω probar todistaa prouver dokazati provare 立証する 입증하다 bewijzen bevise udowodnić provar доказывать jäsa พิสูจน์ kanıtlamak chứng minh 证明