Prove

Verb

 * 1)  To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for.
 * I will prove my method is more effective than yours.
 * The hypothesis has not been proven to our satisfaction.
 * 1)  To turn out; to manifest.
 * It proved to be a cold day.
 * 1)  To turn out to be.
 * Have an exit strategy should your calculations prove incorrect.
 * 1)  To (put to the) test, proof
 * 2)  To experience

Derived terms

 * disprovability
 * disprovable, disprovably
 * disprove
 * disproved, disproven
 * exception that proves the rule
 * provability
 * provable
 * provably


 * prove out
 * prover
 * proving ground
 * unprovability
 * unprovable
 * unprovably
 * unprove
 * unproved
 * unproven

Related terms

 * approve
 * probe


 * probity
 * proof

Verb
prove



Adverbs for Prove
lucidly; axiomatically;  irrefutably;  conclusively;  incontrovertibly;  incontestably; ultimately; indubitably; abundantly; substantially; experimentally; undeniably.

Thesaurus
affirm, afford proof of, argue, ascertain, assay, attend, attest, audit, authenticate, back, back up, balance, balance the books, be found, bear out, become of, bespeak, betoken, bolster, bring home to, bring out, bring to test, buttress, certify, check, check and doublecheck, check out, check over, cinch, circumstantiate, clinch, collate, come about, come of, come out, confirm, corroborate, cross-check, cut and try, demonstrate, determine, develop, document, double-check, end, engrave, ensue, essay, establish, eventuate, evince, examine, experiment, fall out, fare, fix, follow, follow from, fortify, get out, give a try, give a tryout, have a case, have a go, hectograph, hold good, hold water, impress, imprint, indicate, inventory, issue, make good, make out, mimeograph, multigraph, nail down, overhaul, overprint, pan out, play around with, practice upon, print, probate, proof, prove to be, prove true, publish, pull, pull a proof, put out, put to bed, put to press, put to trial, ratify, recheck, reinforce, reissue, remove all doubt, reprint, research, result, road-test, run, run a sample, run off, sample, set at rest, settle, settle the matter, shake down, show, stamp, strengthen, strike, substantiate, support, sustain, take stock, taste, terminate, test, triple-check, try, try it on, try out, turn out, undergird, unfold, uphold, validate, verify, warrant, work out

Etymology 1
From proven:, from  profian:, from  probo:, from probus:, from, from  +. Influenced by prover:, from the same Latin source. Displaced native sothen:, from  soþian:. More at,.

Alternative forms

 * proove

Etymology 2
Simple past form of proove:, conjugated in the Germanic strong declension, on the pattern of choose: → chose:.

Verb

 * Arabic: أثبت
 * Bengali:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 證明, 证明
 * Czech: dokázat, prokázat
 * Dutch: bewijzen, aantonen, bewijs/bewijzen leveren
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: tõestama
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,


 * Greek: αποδεικνύω
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese: 証明する
 * Polish:, udowadniać
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: доказывать ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Czech: se
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: sich herausstellen, sich zeigen


 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: izkazati se
 * Swahili:


 * : provare (1), dimostrare (1), dimostrarsi (2), rivelarsi (2)

Noun

 * 1) A gift out of love
 * 2) A life-long maintenance

Noun
prove



Anagrams

 * pover