Dictionary Entry

prove

prove is a 5-letter English word with 18 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the contents of a vessel by a standard measure. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 18 senses

Definitions

1transitive verb
To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the contents of a vessel by a standard measure.
2transitive verb
To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence.
3transitive verb
To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will.
4transitive verb
To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by trial; to experience; to suffer.
5transitive verb
To test, evince, ascertain, or verify, as the correctness of any operation or result; thus, in subtraction, if the difference between two numbers, added to the lesser number, makes a sum equal to the greater, the correctness of the subtraction is proved.
6transitive verb
To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of; as, to prove a page.
7intransitive verb
To make trial; to essay.
8intransitive verb
To be found by experience, trial, or result; to turn out to be; as, a medicine proves salutary; the report proves false.
9intransitive verb
To succeed; to turn out as expected.
10verb
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"
Synonyms
demonstrate establish shew show
11verb
prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
12verb
obtain probate of
"prove a will"
13verb
provide evidence for
"The blood test showed that he was the father"
"Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
Synonyms
evidence show testify
14verb
take a trial impression of
15verb
cause to puff up with a leaven
"unleavened bread"
Synonyms
leaven raise
16verb
increase in volume
"the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
Synonyms
rise
17verb
put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
"This approach has been tried with good results"
"Test this recipe"
Synonyms
essay examine test try
18verb
be shown or be found to be
"She proved to be right"
"The medicine turned out to save her life"

Synonyms

demonstrate establish shew show evidence testify leaven raise rise essay examine test try

Common word forms

proved prover proves proving

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