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prove

prove
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [proov]
    • /pruv/
    • /pruːv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [proov]
    • /pruv/

Definitions of prove word

  • verb with object prove to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim. 1
  • verb with object prove Law. to establish the authenticity or validity of (a will); probate. 1
  • verb with object prove to give demonstration of by action. 1
  • verb with object prove to subject to a test, experiment, comparison, analysis, or the like, to determine quality, amount, acceptability, characteristics, etc.: to prove ore. 1
  • verb with object prove to show (oneself) to have the character or ability expected of one, especially through one's actions. 1
  • verb with object prove Mathematics. to verify the correctness or validity of by mathematical demonstration or arithmetical proof. 1

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Origin of prove

First appearance:

before 1125
One of the 6% oldest English words
1125-75; Middle English proven < Old French prover < Latin probāre to try, test, prove, approve, derivative of probus good. See probity

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Parts of speech for Prove

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

prove popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

prove usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for prove

verb prove

  • add up — If facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible.
  • adduce — If you adduce something such as a fact or reason, you mention it in order to support an argument.
  • altercate — to argue, esp heatedly; dispute
  • angeled — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
  • angeling — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).

Antonyms for prove

verb prove

  • altercate — to argue, esp heatedly; dispute
  • answer back — If someone, especially a child, answers back, they speak rudely to you when you speak to them.
  • answer — When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
  • assume — If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
  • bandied — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.

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