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proven

[proov]

verb (used with object)

to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.

Law. to establish the authenticity or validity of (a will); probate.

to give demonstration of by action.

to subject to a test, experiment, comparison, analysis, or the like, to determine quality, amount, acceptability, characteristics, etc.: to prove ore.

to show (oneself) to have the character or ability expected of one, especially through one's actions.

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Mathematics. to verify the correctness or validity of by mathematical demonstration or arithmetical proof.

Also, proof. Printing. to take a trial impression of (type, a cut, etc.).

to cause (dough) to rise to the necessary lightness.

Archaic. to experience.

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verb (used without object)

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to turn out: The experiment proved to be successful.

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to be found by trial or experience to be: His story proved false.

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(of dough) to rise to a specified lightness: Leave covered until it has proved.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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Origin:
1125–75; Middle English proven < Old French prover < Latin probāre to try, test, prove, approve, derivative of probus good. See probity

Related forms

prov·a·ble, adjective

prov·a·bil·i·ty, prov·a·ble·ness, noun

prov·a·bly, adverb

prov·en·ly, adverb

prov·er, noun

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half-proved, adjective

half-prov·en, adjective

non·prov·a·ble, adjective

o·ver·prove, verb (used with object), -proved, -proved or -prov·en, -prov·ing.

pre·prove, verb (used with object), -proved, -proved or -prov·en, -prov·ing.

self-prov·ing, adjective

sem·i·prov·en, adjective

un·prov·a·ble, adjective

un·proved, adjective

un·prov·en, adjective

un·prov·ing, adjective

well-proved, adjective

well-prov·en, adjective

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Synonyms
1. demonstrate, confirm, substantiate, verify.

Antonyms
1. disprove.

Usage note
Either proved or proven is standard as the past participle of prove: Events have proved (or proven) him wrong. As a modifier, proven is by far the more common: a proven fact.

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Example Sentences

Medicare spends a fortune each year on procedures that have no proven benefit and should not be covered.

That's pretty well proven by psychological research.

But the general's policies have proven weak and erratic.

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Medicare spends a fortune each year on procedures that have no proven benefit and should not be covered.

That's pretty well proven by psychological research.

But the general's policies have proven weak and erratic.

The origin of these rich deposits has proven controversial.

Shale extraction technologies boost proven gas reserves.

Furthermore, as read in the article it was proven his works had been manually colored or enhanced.

His success has proven this to be as untrue for chocolate as it was for coffee.

Its easy to use, clinically proven non-toxic to human and has no side effects, no pain to use and no allergic reaction.

The argument is that, you know, causal relationship in animals has not been proven.

Proven management skills, a record of publication, and strong communication skills are necessary qualifications.

But tackling millions of species in this way has proven to be a recipe for confusion.

But so far rumors of debris there have proven to be only rumors.

The argument ultimately is something that cannot be proven by direct observation.

The steel has proven to be indestructable in my hands.

We're posing the same question the jury is asked: has the prosecution proven its case to the necessary legal standard.

There is no requirement that a new therapy be proven better than its predecessor before it is covered.

Demonstrated ability to deal effectively with benefactors and prospects with a proven track record for closing major gifts.

Two green labels have proven particularly successful.

In all tests so far, the chemical has proven nontoxic to sharks.

Maybe because it is proven to be normal based on some study.

But such a system has yet to be proven over decades.

Leads, coaches, and evaluates staff using proven and effective management techniques.

In practice, however, a true theory yet to be proven true is indistinguishable from a false theory yet to be proven false.

Bridges aren't the only artificial bat habitat that has proven appealing to the flying mammals.

Not necessarily to be proven true, but rather to be proven false.

Prediction markets have proven themselves to be a pretty good indicator of things to come.

Proven track record developing and coordinating grants.

The technology for capturing and storing carbon emitted by hard-coal and lignite plants is still not commercially proven.

It's date was proven upon the discovery of the dead sea scrolls.

But proven reserves are only estimates and not fixed numbers.

Once the method is proven and the standard is accepted, such a factory could even be miniaturized.

Evidence of outstanding teaching and a proven commitment to research and scholarship required.

But in many poor nations, a sudden influx of oil money has proven ruinous.

Local partnerships have proven key to maintaining this small, fragmented site.

The problem, and the tragedy, was that proven therapies were not also employed from the start.

Disease can drive a mammal species to extinction: this doesn't seem surprising, but until today it hadn't been proven.

Proven experience in language teaching and coordination a must.

America has proven that capitalism supports the green movement.

Cloning man's best friend, though, has proven more difficult than cloning farm animals.

Natural compounds have proven to be a treasure trove of medicinal properties.

The set-top box has proven to be a closed and well-guarded fortress against a world of clouds and openness.

Proven ability to deliver results in a dynamic environment with multiple stakeholders.

Despite its successful record, academic selection has proven politically contentious of late.

Nonetheless the system has already proven its worth.

Proven is definitive, you have actual fact to show something occurred and how it happened.

Yet few of them understood the investments they held, many of which had proven to be junk.

Several generations of psychotropic drugs have proven to be of little or no benefit, and may be doing considerable harm.

So sad to see so much money and brain power devoted to theory that is not proven valid.

They then conduct experiments to see if their hypotheses can be proven.

Gyms, even when free, haven't proven to be appealing.

Grid computing is a proven aid to serious scientific research.

Proven ability to enable people and systems to work together.

But determining the ancestry of the orangutan has proven extremely difficult.

People who show imagination can be seen as dreamers because their ideas have not been proven.

Promises to bring broadband to every corner of the nation have so far proven empty.

Experience of academic management at the tertiary level, with a proven capacity for leadership, will be an advantage.

The birds have proven to be adaptable to changing forest conditions.

The only way that anything can actually be proven is by finding the same results by independent experimentation.

Neither of the strains have ever proven contagious in humans.

Service-academy faculties are deemed polluted, guilty until proven innocent.

Groat explains that understanding this process is critical, but answers have proven elusive.

It's not surprising for the scientifically minded, but still satisfying to know that it has been proven experimentally.

Proven pants with contemporary design, functional fabric combination and many practical detailed solutions.

It is time to add jail sentences for being proven incompetent if not a liar.

If the technology is proven robust, it may be designed for use on moving boats.

Proven examples of influence through negotiation and interpersonal skills.

Digging is not the only thing that has proven difficult.

For astronomers who study the large-scale structure of the universe, dwarf galaxies have proven quite vexing.

And there are still skeptics about the technology, which has never been proven at commercial scale.

Sadly, species-to-species evolutionary dogma has again proven to be an obstacle to true scientific advancement.

The article casts negative light on a public health strategy that has proven effective around the world.

Proven systems and well-prepared people are our best protection against bioterror.

The crests of pterosaurs have also proven to be enigmatic.

To think about the common good, the purpose of life and how to live, it has proven useful to use religious stories or theology.

For the countless electronic gadgets that you can't live without, get the latest lithium battery technology that's proven to.

The hatchling is so significant because breeding these extremely rare birds in captivity has proven a challenge.

Yes, it's tied to an app store controlled by a single company that has proven to be both.

Drago is innocent unless and until he is proven guilty".

Its truth has been proven inductively, not deductively.

What that underlying problem may be, however, has proven to be frustratingly elusive to wildlife biologists.

Various vaccines to date have proven ineffective or difficult to administer.

And it has been scientificly proven that plants will produce twice as much fruit or better yet twice the size of the fruit.

In these trying times gaming companies have to rely on proven hits.

Highly entrepreneurial and innovative in thinking, tenacious in face of adversity, proven leadership in a variety of situations.

Although there is no proven evidence that anyone involved sought to oust him, he has called the event an attempted coup.

The salt men have proven to be scientific treasure troves, due to their advanced state of preservation.

Trouble is, they haven't proven that any problems exist.

Welch's article has proven to be a hazard for sealife, animals, and eagles who feed on beaches covered in nets.

Such students have proven to be rather rare in my courses anyway.

In the past decade the internet has already produced three proven advertising categories.

But no one has proven that shark cartilage actually cures cancer.

The research is still in its infancy, and there is no proven link between enterotypes and disease remedies.

Once again, the government has proven that they cannot run anything effectively.

They are proven innovators from the business world who are turning those skills to finding new ways to fight poverty.

The world abounds with proven ways to use energy more productively, and smart businesses are leaping to exploit them.

Morality has proven to be ineffective at containing this greed.

John's wort should not be used in place of proven clinical methods, including therapy, to treat moderate depression.

Eugenics was supposedly based on scientific theories that more recent genetic studies have proven false.

It is foundation's proven effectiveness over decades that accounts for its staying power, say its defenders.

Usually, they have tried all proven therapies, to no avail.

But it's proven to be an educational tool that's affected the people who've made those trips.

There are no effective treatments for the disease or proven means of preventing.

It has worked with cells in a dish, but not yet been proven effective in living.

And her actions have proven to me the folly of misplaced trust more clearly than her words ever did.

Another concern for potential investors is that lawyers are not proven business leaders.

It has been scientifically proven to lower risks of heart disease, reduce chances of developing cancer, and prevent strokes.

For the first time ever, scientifically proven acoustical principles were applied to concert-hall design.

They are known and proven to help increase your scores.

Captive gorillas have been shown to use tools, but observing the behavior in wild gorillas has proven difficult.

Though initially disappointing, this delay has actually proven to be a boon.

We have a right to privacy, and buying a plane ticket should not mean that we're guilty until proven innocent.

The past campaign has pretty much proven the point:.

Predictions that a respectably sized city would be left without a single newspaper have so far proven false.

But duplicating spider silk in the lab has proven difficult.

The criticism of this paper is likely to be the same as always: that the case has not been proven on an individual level.

Many are proven to be wrong or mistaken in the process.

The decline in borrowing costs over the past decade goes a long way to explaining why house prices have proven so irrepressible.

Clinically proven is a gimmick word that uses statistical mathematics on.

The government's claims are false and they will be proven to be so,” he said.

Meaningful reform of the prison service has proven beyond the capabilities of national and provincial authorities.

The simulation's forecast map has proven uncannily accurate in succeeding years.

But transgenic animals, from mice to pigs, have proven vital to medical research.

Among the green alternatives to coal, nuclear is the only technology with proven capacity.

It has not, however, proven the lucrative career booster it was sold to me.

The call for a global reserve currency will be proven only rhetoric in the end.

The power of the belief thing has been really proven.

So far it has not been proven that time is not subjected to cause and effect.

Sharing and wide-scale adoption of proven practices are necessary.

Many think it would be mad to imperil this proven source of economic growth.

Their approach combines technologies proven to last-such as.

It is a proven technology with large scale application.

We should only innovate with proven methods that work flawlessly.

But no studies have proven that a change in diet works for animal behavioral problems, he said.

The red feeding tube is proven to attract hummingbirds.

There are few things more proven in science than evolution.

Niger is a poor nation, and the temptation to profit from its rich cultural history has proven too great for some.

They can be low in toxins, including carcinogens and reproductive toxins, as proven by product testing.

It is well proven that any food price increase due to ethanol is minimal.

But it needs to be scientifically proven and reliable".

No links connecting specific human illnesses to chemicals oozing out of baby bottles have been proven definitively.

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World English Dictionary

proven (ˈpruːv^ən)

—vb
1.	a past participle of prove
2.	See not proven

—*adj*
3.	tried; tested: a proven method

'provenly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

prove

c.1175, prouwe, from O.Fr. prover (11c.), from L. probare "to test, prove worthy," from probus "worthy, good, upright, virtuous," from PIE *pro-bhwo- "being in front," from *pro-, extended form of base *per-, + base *bhu- "to be" (cf. L. fui "I have been," futurus "about to be;" O.E. beon "to be;" see

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