Meaning

1 senses
  1. Experimentation to determine which substances cause which effects when ingested.

    a book of provings

Examples

20 sentences
  1. It's already proving useful.

  2. Nothing is better than proving people wrong.

  3. It's proving to be a difficult matter.

    deEs zeigt sich, dass dies eine schwierige Angelegenheit ist. — al_ex_an_der

  4. This project is proving to be more difficult to complete.

  5. An attorney's job is proving that his client is innocent.

    ruРабота адвоката - доказывать, что его клиент невиновен. — Selena777

    deDie Aufgabe eines Verteidigers besteht darin zu beweisen, dass sein Mandant unschuldig ist. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Origin

From Middle English provyng, prevyng, provynge, prevynge, preovyng, prufunge, preofunge, f

From Middle English provyng, prevyng, provynge, prevynge, preovyng, prufunge, preofunge, from Old English *prōfung, equivalent to prove + -ing.

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Forms

plural: provings
Singularproving
Pluralprovings

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
proving — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto