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1. prove [ v ] be shown or be found to be
Examples: "She proved to be right" "The medicine turned out to save her life" "She turend up HIV positive"

Used in print:

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

Then Heywood_Sullivan , Kansas_City catcher , singled up the middle and Throneberry was across with what proved to be the winning run .

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

It was the first time we 've been ahead this season ( when John_Richey kicked what proved to be the winning field_goal ) '' .

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

The same can be said of shaving yet the electric_razor has proved useful to many men .

But for many_of us , it will prove an enjoyable luxury .

("Editorials"...)

But at_least the pessimists who believed that the world_organization had plunged to its death in that plane crash in the Congo have been proved wrong .

Synonyms prove turn_out turn_up Related Terms be result

2. prove [ v ] establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
Examples: "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound" "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

Synonyms prove show establish demonstrate shew Related Terms disprove confirm prove_oneself condemn negate stultify establishment

3. prove [ v ] establish the validity of something
Examples: "This behavior shows his true nature"

Used in print:

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

About that same time John_Crosby 's TV series on the popular arts proved again that giving jazz ample breathing_space is one of the most sensible things a producer can do .

(The Providence Journal...)

Berman , whose fame has rested in recent years on his skills as a night_club monologist , proved himself very much at_home in musical_comedy .

Instead - and not just to prove my objectivity - I hasten to report that it 's a highly amusing film which probably does a fairly accurate job of reporting on the Easter vacation shenanigans of collegians down in Fort_Lauderdale , and that it seems to come_to_grips quite honestly with the moral problem that most commonly vexes youngsters in this age_group - that_is_to_say , sex .

(Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)

He remembered exactly when he had lived through it before , and he had something to prove he had .

(Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)

The argument against this last approach is comparable_to that which rejects stories about hoop_snakes , about snakes that break themselves into many pieces and join up again , or even of ghosts that chase people out of graveyards ; the mere piling_up of testimony does not prove , to the scientific mind , the existence of hoop_snakes , joint_snakes , or ghosts .

Synonyms show prove establish demonstrate shew Related Terms disprove confirm prove_oneself stultify negate stultify

4. prove [ v ] provide evidence for
Examples: "The blood test showed that he was the father" "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"

Used in print:

(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)

Oddly_enough , it is proven that there would be less reading difficulty .

Synonyms show prove evidence bear_witness testify Related Terms inform attest adduce presume law evidence testimony testimony

5. prove [ v ] prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof

Used in print:

(Kenneth Hoffman and Ray Kunze, Linear Al...)

The theorem which we prove is more general than what we have described , since it works with the primary decomposition of the minimal polynomial , whether or not the primes which enter are all of first degree .

We shall prove that * * f .

(R. P. Jerrard, "Inscribed squares in plane curves"...)

We can now prove several lemmas .

Synonyms prove Related Terms demonstrate mathematics

6. prove [ v ] put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
Examples: "This approach has been tried with good results" "Test this recipe"

Synonyms test try try_out examine essay prove Related Terms judge control field-test float trial testing examination examiner trier

7. prove [ v ] take a trial impression of

Synonyms prove Related Terms print

8. prove [ v ] increase in volume
Examples: "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"

Synonyms rise prove Related Terms grow

9. prove [ v ] cause to puff up with a leaven; of dough
Examples: "unleavened bread"

Synonyms leaven prove raise Related Terms raise rise

10. prove [ v ] obtain probate of, as of a will

Synonyms prove Related Terms authenticate law

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