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Make a proof, sometimes spoken as "pulling a proof." Proving is designed to demonstrate the quality of a printing plate and is typically done on a special small printing press, called a proof press, that has been designed exclusively for this purpose (in contrast to a press that is used for mass reproduction).

verb

1. To establish as true or genuine: authenticate, bear out, confirm, corroborate, demonstrate, endorse, establish, evidence, show, substantiate, validate, verify. See show/hide, support/oppose.
2. To subject to a procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality: assay, check, essay, examine, test, try, try out. Idioms: bring to the test, make trial of, put to theprooftest. See investigate.
3. To participate in or partake of personally: experience, feel, go through, have, know, meet¹ (with), see, suffer, taste (of), undergo. Idioms: run up against. See participate/abstain.

Idioms beginning with prove:
prove out

In addition to the idiom beginning with prove, also see exception proves the rule.

v

Definition: establish facts; put to a test
Antonyms: discredit, disprove, hypothesize, theorize

IN BRIEF: To show that something is true or correct.

You'll never prove you're too good for a job by not doing your best. — Ethel Merman (1909-1984)

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• Reasoning and Examination - prove: establish the truth or accuracy of

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - vise sig at være, afprøve
v. intr. - bevise

idioms:

• not proven    ikke bevist
• prove oneself    vise, at man duer til noget
• proving ground    forsøgsområde

Nederlands (Dutch)
bewijzen, waarmaken, aantonen, blijken, verifiëren

Français (French)
v. tr. - (gén) prouver (que), démontrer (un théorème), (Jur) authentifier (un testament), (Culin) faire lever
v. intr. - s'avérer, se révéler, (Culin) lever

idioms:

• not proven    non-lieu, (Écosse, Jur) un non-lieu
• prove oneself    faire ses preuves
• proving ground    terrain d'essai

Deutsch (German)
v. - sich erweisen, beweisen, beglaubigen

idioms:

• not proven    Schuldbeweis nicht erbracht
• prove oneself    sich bewähren
• proving ground    Versuchsgelände

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποδεικνύω/-ομαι, επαληθεύω/-ομαι, δείχνομαι

idioms:

• not proven    απόφαση απαλλαγής λόγω αμφιβολιών
• prove oneself    δείχνω την αξία μου
• proving ground    πεδίο δοκιμών

Italiano (Italian)
emergere, dimostrare

idioms:

• not proven    non dimostrato
• prove oneself    fare buona prova
• proving ground    terreno di prova

Português (Portuguese)
v. - provar

idioms:

• not proven    não estar provado
• prove oneself    pôr à prova, demonstrar
• proving ground    campo de provas

Русский (Russian)
оказаться, доказать

idioms:

• not proven    отсутствие состава преступления
• prove oneself    проявить себя, самоутвердиться
• proving ground    испытательное поле/полигон

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - resultar, probar, demostrar
v. intr. - probarse, demostrarse

idioms:

• not proven    no probado
• prove oneself    dar prueba de sus capacidades
• proving ground    campo de pruebas

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - bevisa, styrka, prova, pröva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
证明, 证实, 查验, 表现, 显示, 检验, 证明是, 原来是

idioms:

• not proven    证据不足
• prove oneself    证明自己的能力
• proving ground    试验场

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 證明, 證實, 查驗, 表現, 顯示, 檢驗
v. intr. - 證明是, 原來是

idioms:

• not proven    證據不足
• prove oneself    證明自己的能力
• proving ground    試驗場

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 증명하다, 입증하다
v. intr. - ~임을 알다

idioms:

• prove oneself    자기가 ~임을 입증[증명]하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 証明する, 立証する, わかる, 試す, 検認する, 検算する

idioms:

• not proven    証拠不十分な
• prove a point    主張の正しい事を示す
• prove oneself    証明する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) أثبت, برهن, تبين, اتضح أن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הוכיח, הראה, בחן, ניסה, קבע אמיתות/תקפות של‬
v. intr. - ‮התברר, נמצא, תפח (בצק שנאפה)‬

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