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How to pronounce prove in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bear witness, evidence, show, testify
Type of inform
Has types demonstrate, manifest, presume, evidence, cite, certify, attest, adduce, abduce
Type Words
Synonyms leaven, raise
Type of lift, get up, bring up, raise, elevate
Type Words
Synonyms rise
Type of grow
Type Words
Synonyms turn out, turn up
Type of be
Has types ensue, result


She proved to be right.
Type Words
Synonyms essay, examine, test, try, try out
Type of evaluate, pass judgment, judge
Has types control, field-test, verify, float
Type Words
Synonyms demonstrate, establish, shew, show
Type of affirm, confirm, corroborate, sustain, support, substantiate
Has types negate, stultify, contradict, prove oneself
Type Words
Type of authenticate


prove a will.
Type Words
Type of shew, demonstrate, establish, show
Type Words
Type of impress, print

Examples of prove

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He still has to prove he has the physical skills, but he clearly has the brains.
From the stltoday.com
Both sides would then have up to 30 days to prove their right to the presidency.
From the sacbee.com
Of course the cuts will prove less popular in practice than they have in theory.
From the online.wsj.com
They went on to prove a formula that requires only finitely many simple numbers.
From the sciencedaily.com
However, giving Belichick two weeks to prepare could prove too much to overcome.
From the timesunion.com
Either might prove effective in leading to slightly better terms for publishers.
From the cnn.com
There should be no shortage of opportunities for the new boy to prove his worth.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
The move comes following a demand that Iran prove its nuclear aims are peaceful.
From the upi.com
With my trusty calculator and some assumptions, I can prove just about anything.
From the foxbusiness.com
More examples
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • Testify: provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
  • Prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
  • Test: put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"
  • Rise: increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
  • Porewit (Poreuithus) is the West Slavic deity in Wendish mythology worshipped in the town of Charenza on Rugia.
  • (Proved) Evidence in its broadest sense includes everything that is used to determine or demonstrate the truth of an assertion. ...
  • Proven is a rural village in the Belgian province of West-Flanders, and a "deelgemeente" of the municipality Poperinge. The village has about 1400 inhabitants.