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English
rank|working|breath|camp|990|prove|engaged|America|servant
Etymology
Via ME. from OF., compare French prouver.
Compare Russian pravda, truth.
Pronunciation
IPA|/pru�v/
audio|en-us-prove.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|u�v
Verb
en-verb|proves|proving|proved|proved or provenCategory:English irregular verbs
- transitive To demonstrate that something is true; to give proof for.
#: I will prove my method is more effective than yours.
#: The hypothesis has not been proven to our satisfaction.
- To turn out; to manifest.
#: It proved to be a cold day.
#: Have an exit strategy should your calculations prove incorrect.
Derived terms
top2
approve
disprovability
disprovable
disprovably
disprove
disproved
disproven
provability
provable
mid2
provably
prove out
unprovability
unprovable
unprovably
unprove
unproved
unproven
Related terms
proof
Translations
trans-top|to demonstrate that something is true; to give proof for
Czech: dokázat, prokázat
Dutch: uitwijzen
Esperanto: pruvi
Finnish: todistaa, näyttää toteen
French: prouver
Indonesian: bukti|membuktikan
trans-mid
Japanese: 証��� (�������, sh�mei-suru)
Polish: dowodzi�, udowadnia�
Slovene: dokazati
Spanish: probar
Swedish: visa, bevisa
trans-bottom
trans-top|to turn out; to manifest
trans-mid
Slovene: izkazati se
trans-bottom
checktrans
ttbc|Dutch: bewijzen (1), aantonen (1), blijken (2)
ttbc|German: beweisen (1), sich herausstellen als (2), sich zeigen als (2)
ttbc|Italian: provare (1), dimostrare (1), dimostrarsi (2), rivelarsi (2)
Italian
Noun
prove f
- plural of|prova|lang=Italian
fr:prove
io:prove
it:prove
ku:prove
hu:prove
ja:prove
pl:prove
fi:prove
ta:prove
te:prove
vi:prove
uk:prove
zh:prove
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