Meaning

1 senses
  1. The process of dough proofing.

Examples

998 sentences
  1. What are you trying to prove?

    Що ти намагаєшся довести? — deniko

    ruЧто ты пытаешься доказать? — Wezel

    deWas versuchst du zu beweisen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. There's no need to prove it.

    Немає потреби це доводити. — deniko

  3. Tom thinks he can prove it.

    Том вважає, що може це довести. — deniko

    ruТом думает, что может это доказать. — marafon

  4. I can prove that I am right.

    Я можу довести, що маю рацію. — deniko

    ruЯ могу доказать, что я прав. — marafon

    deIch kann beweisen, dass ich recht habe. — Aru

  5. He proved to be a good writer.

    Він довів, що він хороший письменник. — deniko

Origin

From Middle English proven, from Old English prōfian (“to esteem, regard as, evince, try,

From Middle English proven, from Old English prōfian (“to esteem, regard as, evince, try, prove”) and Old French prover (“to prove”), both from Latin probō (“test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove”, verb), from probus (“good, worthy, excellent”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰuH-s (“being in front, prominent”), from *pro-, *per- (“toward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”). Displaced native Middle English sothen (“to prove”), from Old English sōþian (“to prove”). Doublet of probe. More at for, be, soothe.

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Forms

plural: proves
Singularprove
Pluralproves

regular

Collocations

12 patterns
  • able to prove
  • to prove that
  • can't prove
  • can prove that
  • trying to prove
  • wanted to prove
  • evidence to prove
  • prove his innocence
  • prove anything
  • difficult to prove
  • proved to be
  • to prove himself

See also

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