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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
It means replicating a test, over and over, to prove that the results weren’t an accident.
In 1989, when climate politics was still fledgling, he warned that the effects of warming were going to prove explosive along America’s borders — and that, left unresolved, communities could disintegrate into violence.
Jurado swirled around a Rooibos tea bag with a tag read, “Your Actions Prove Your Greatness.”
In a staff report, it said it would probably prove too costly for many developers and could significantly reduce the construction of housing, including units that are mandated to have rent affordable for low-income households, not merely rent-stabilized.
He added the absence of any infringement decisions under EU or UK competition law meant it would be down to the claimant to prove the market abuse it was alleging was actually taking place.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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