American English pronunciation
How to pronounce proving
IPA transcription: [p'ɹuvɪŋ]
Hear “proving” pronounced
[p'ɹuvɪŋ]
Quality: 1.00
[p'ɹuvɪŋ]
Quality: 1.00
[p'ɹuvɪŋ]
Quality: 1.00
Verb
-
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”
-
be shown or be found to be
“She proved to be right”
“The medicine turned out to save her life”
“She turned up HIV positive”
-
provide evidence for
“The blood test showed that he was the father”
“Her behavior testified to her incompetence”
-
put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
“This approach has been tried with good results”
“Test this recipe”
-
prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
-
increase in volume
“the dough rose slowly in the warm room”
-
cause to puff up with a leaven
“unleavened bread”
-
take a trial impression of
-
obtain probate of
“prove a will”