proven

US: /ˈpɹuvən/
UK: /pɹˈuːvən/


English Vietnamese dictionary


proven /proven/
  • ngoại động từ, động tính từ quá khứ (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) proven/'pru:vən/
    • chứng tỏ, chứng minh
      • to prove the truth: chứng tỏ sự thật
      • to prove one's goodwill: chứng tỏ thiện chí của mình
      • to prove oneself to be a valiant man: chứng tỏ mình là một người dũng cảm
    • thử (súng...); (toán học) thử (một bài toán); (ngành in) in thử (một bản khắc...)
    • (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) thử, thử thách
      • to prove the courage of somebody: thử thách lòng can đảm của ai
  • nội động từ
    • tỏ ra, chứng tỏ
      • what he said proved to be true: những điều hắn nói tỏ ra là đúng
    • the exception proves the rule
      • những trường hợp ngoại lệ càng làm sáng tỏ thêm quy tắc

Advanced English dictionary


+ adjective
[only before noun] tested and shown to be true: a student of proven ability + It is a proven fact that fluoride strengthens growing teeth.
See also - PROVE v.
Antonym: UNPROVEN
Idioms

not proven (in Scottish law) a VERDICT (= decision) at a trial that there is not enough evidence to show that sb is guilty or innocent, and that they must be set free

Thesaurus dictionary


v.
1 verify, authenticate, confirm, make good, corroborate, demonstrate, show, validate, establish, substantiate, certify, affirm; support, sustain, back (up), uphold:
Prove that he lied under oath, and we shall have him for perjury. If you cannot prove her guilt, she must be presumed innocent
2 try, test, examine, check, analyse, assay:
Division can easily be proved by multiplication, and vice versa. The proving ground for military vehicles is off limits to the public. Come live with me and be my love, And we shall all the pleasures prove
3 turn out, be found, be shown, be established, end up; develop, result:
The child proved to be his long-lost grandson.
4 show, evince, demonstrate:
He proved his love many times over during their fifty years of marriage.

Collocation dictionary


VERBS

be

ADV.

well | completely, conclusively, fully
No funding will be available until the technology is completely proven.
| not yet | scientifically, statistically


Concise English dictionary


proven|proves|proved|provingpruːv
verb
+be shown or be found to be
+establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
+provide evidence for
+prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
+put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
+increase in volume
+cause to puff up with a leaven
+take a trial impression of
+obtain probate of