prove
/ˈpɹuv/ verbo B1En español: demostrar, probar, comprobar
- To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify. · I will prove that my method is more effective than yours.
- To turn out; to manifest. · It proved to be a cold day.· A faulty connection proved to be the culprit.
- To turn out to be. · Have an exit strategy should your calculations prove incorrect.· The hope that he’d react proved utterly unfounded.
- To put to the test, to make trial of. · They took the experimental car to the proving-grounds.· The exception proves the rule.
- To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify. · to prove a will
- To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of. · to prove a page
- To determine by experiment which effects a substance causes when ingested.
Plural prove · He/she/it proves · Pasado proved · Participio pasado proved · Forma en -ing proving
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- prove
- He/she/it
- proves
- Pasado
- proved
- Participio pasado
- proved
- Forma en -ing
- proving
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
De la biblioteca
de Villefort may prove the moral and political physician of this province; if so, he will have achieved a noble work.”
“That proves, at least, that he has wanted for nothing during your absence.”
“To give you pleasure, my sweet Renée, I promise to show all the lenity in my power; but if the charges brought against this Bonapartist hero prove correct, why, then, you really must give me leave to order his head to be cut off.”
“If you have,” continued the Tin Woodman, “you ought to be glad, for it proves you have a heart.
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