prove

/pɹuːv/

意味: 証明する

例文: Haruki proved the theory correct.
　　  ハルキはその理論が正しいと証明した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: prove a point(主張を証明する), prove wrong(間違いを証明する), prove effective(効果的であることを証明する)

定義: 何かが本当であることを示すために証拠を提供すること。例えば、数学の問題を解いて正しいことを示すことや、誰かの言ったことが正しいかどうかを確認すること。

proveは約20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

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

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

I need to prove my identity at the entrance.(入口で身分を証明する必要があります。)
She will prove her theory with new experiments.(彼女は新しい実験で理論を証明します。)
They want to prove their skills in the competition.(彼らは大会で実力を証明したいです。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: She proved to be right
Verb: The medicine turned out to save her life
Verb: She turned up HIV positive
Verb: The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound
Verb: The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture
Verb: The blood test showed that he was the father
Verb: Her behavior testified to her incompetence
Verb: This approach has been tried with good results
Verb: Test this recipe
Verb: the dough rose slowly in the warm room
Verb: unleavened bread
Verb: prove a will

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): bear witness, demonstrate, essay, establish, evidence, examine, leaven, prove, raise, rise, shew, show, test, testify, try, try out, turn out, turn up

Antonyms(反意語): disprove

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): authenticate, be, confirm, evaluate, grow, inform, print, prove, raise

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abound, accept, account, account for, acquaint, act, advise, announce, answer, appear, approve, assign, augment, back, bake, balance, be well, beat, begin, belong, boldface, boom, breathe, burgeon, buy, calculate, chin, choose, clean, cohere, come in for, come in handy, compact, compare, confuse, connect, consist, contain, continue, cost, count, cover, cut, cut across, cyclostyle, deck, declare, denounce, depend, deserve, develop, disabuse, disagree, disapprove, distribute, diverge, document, draw, end, enlarge, expand, expect, explain, fail, fall, familiarize, feel, figure, fill in, fit, gape, get up, go, gravitate, hail, hang, head, heighten, hike, hoist, hold, hoodoo, hum, hypertrophy, impend, impute, incarnate, indicate, inform, inoculate, instruct, introduce, iridesce, italicize, jack, jumble, kick up, kill, lend, lengthen, let go, letter, levitate, lie, litter, loiter, look, lubricate, make, make sense, measure, misinform, mope, mushroom, nark, narrate, negate, object, offset, osculate, overgrow, overprint, owe, pass, pay, pick up, pinnacle, point, prejudge, press, proliferate, promise, prompt, prove, prove oneself, pump, put out, rage, raise, ramify, range, rank, rate, reappraise, rear, recognize, regret, reject, relate, remain, remonstrate, report, represent, rest, retard, review, rise, root, run, run into, rut, seem, seethe, sell, shine, shoulder, skid, sparkle, specify, squat, stagnate, stand, stand by, stay, stick, stink, stretch, stultify, subtend, suck, suffer, suit, swim, swing, teach, tell, tend, test, testify, think, total, translate, transplant, trice, trim, typeset, undeceive, underlay, underlie, understate, update, validate, vegetate, verify, volunteer, vouch, want, warn, wash, wind, wise up, work

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): adduce, attest, control, field-test, float, negate, presume, prove, prove oneself, result, stultify

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: demonstrative, establishment, evidence, examination, examiner, leaven, test, testifier, testimony, testing, trial, trier, tryout

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): pro

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive