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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
For more than a decade, about 10 individuals and a handful of corporations have duked it out in California Superior Court trying to prove they are the rightful owners of the stone.
As dramatic as local gossip can be, the idea of Ariana Grande filming a Hollywood blockbuster in Ivinghoe proved a step too far for many villagers.
I am, personally, sceptical of the idea of politics being a horse race - I've read too many confident predictions about the state of it that proved to be a nonsense.
But he says there’s just not enough evidence to prove Neanderthals were burning the wood specifically to make tar.
The selection ends what has proven to be one of the more protracted decisions for the president-elect as he assembles his team for a second term.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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