📖 Определения и значения для слова prove
📒 to use facts, evidence, etc. to show that something is true
- prove something They hope this new evidence will prove her innocence.
- ‘I know you're lying.’ ‘Prove it!’
- He felt he needed to prove his point (= show other people that he was right).
📒 if something proves dangerous, expensive, etc. or if it proves to be dangerous, etc., you discover that it is dangerous, etc. over a period of time
- + adj. The strategy has proved successful.
- The new system has proved popular with our clients.
- It was proving extremely difficult to establish the truth.
📒 to show other people how good you are at doing something or that you are capable of doing something
- prove yourself to somebody He constantly feels he has to prove himself to others.
- prove yourself She wants a chance to prove herself.
📒 to show other people that you are a particular type of person or that you have a particular quality
- prove yourself + adj./noun He proved himself determined to succeed.
- prove yourself to be something She proved herself to be a skilful negotiator.
📒 to swell (= become larger or rounder) before being baked because of the action of yeast; to leave bread dough to prove
- While the dough is proving, crumble the feta and chop the olives.
- prove something Prove the dough until it has doubled in size.
📒 people say that something is the exception that proves the rule when they are stating something that seems to be different from the normal situation, but they mean that the normal situation remains true in general
- Most electronics companies have not done well this year, but ours is the exception that proves the rule.