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prove
verb as in establish facts; put to a test
Strongest matches
confirm, convince, demonstrate, determine, explain, find, justify, result, show, substantiate, test, try, turn out, validate, verify
Strong matches
affirm, analyze, ascertain, assay, attest, authenticate, back, certify, check, corroborate, declare, document, evidence, evince, examine, experiment, fix, manifest, settle, sustain, testify, uphold, warrant, witness
Weak matches
add up, bear out, end up, have a case, make evident, pan out, show clearly, show once and for all, trial
Example Sentences
He said while murder and causing or allowing the death of a child were the charges on the indictment, manslaughter could also be considered if the jury was not certain that murder had been proved.
The relative humidity proved the key factor affecting the reactor performance.
More than a quarter of a century later, Foster will step onto that same field Saturday night needing to prove himself anew against another team wearing the loathsome cardinal and gold.
Then he rushed for 120 and 125 yards in his first two games after the surgery, proving his claim that when he’s healthy, he’s one of the league’s best running backs.
It almost feels as if, having achieved so much, he is relishing the prospect of having to prove doubters wrong.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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