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disprove
refute; invalidate; discredit, negate, confute
Not to be confused with:
disapprove – withhold approval from; refuse to sanction; deplore; criticize
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dis·prove
(dĭs-pro͞ov′)tr.v. dis·proved, dis·prov·ing, dis·proves
To prove to be false, invalid, or in error; refute.
[Middle English disproven, from Old French desprover : des-, dis- + prover, to prove; see prove.]
dis·prov′a·ble adj.
dis·prov′al n.
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disprove
(dɪsˈpruːv)vb
(tr) to show (an assertion, claim, etc) to be incorrect
disˈprovable adj
disˈproval n
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dis•prove
(dɪsˈpruv)v.t. -proved, -prov•ing.
to prove to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate.
dis•prov′a•ble, adj.
dis•prov′er, n.
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disprove
Past participle: disproved
Gerund: disproving
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| disprove |
| Present |
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| I disprove |
| you disprove |
| he/she/it disproves |
| we disprove |
| you disprove |
| they disprove |
| Preterite |
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| I disproved |
| you disproved |
| he/she/it disproved |
| we disproved |
| you disproved |
| they disproved |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am disproving |
| you are disproving |
| he/she/it is disproving |
| we are disproving |
| you are disproving |
| they are disproving |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have disproved |
| you have disproved |
| he/she/it has disproved |
| we have disproved |
| you have disproved |
| they have disproved |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was disproving |
| you were disproving |
| he/she/it was disproving |
| we were disproving |
| you were disproving |
| they were disproving |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had disproved |
| you had disproved |
| he/she/it had disproved |
| we had disproved |
| you had disproved |
| they had disproved |
| Future |
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| I will disprove |
| you will disprove |
| he/she/it will disprove |
| we will disprove |
| you will disprove |
| they will disprove |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have disproved |
| you will have disproved |
| he/she/it will have disproved |
| we will have disproved |
| you will have disproved |
| they will have disproved |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be disproving |
| you will be disproving |
| he/she/it will be disproving |
| we will be disproving |
| you will be disproving |
| they will be disproving |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been disproving |
| you have been disproving |
| he/she/it has been disproving |
| we have been disproving |
| you have been disproving |
| they have been disproving |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been disproving |
| you will have been disproving |
| he/she/it will have been disproving |
| we will have been disproving |
| you will have been disproving |
| they will have been disproving |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been disproving |
| you had been disproving |
| he/she/it had been disproving |
| we had been disproving |
| you had been disproving |
| they had been disproving |
| Conditional |
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| I would disprove |
| you would disprove |
| he/she/it would disprove |
| we would disprove |
| you would disprove |
| they would disprove |
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| I would have disproved |
| you would have disproved |
| he/she/it would have disproved |
| we would have disproved |
| you would have disproved |
| they would have disproved |
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Verb 1. disprove - prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"
explode - show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete
negate, contradict - prove negative; show to be false
falsify - prove false; "Falsify a claim"
shew, show, demonstrate, prove, establish - establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
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disprove
verb prove false, discredit, refute, contradict, negate, invalidate, rebut, give the lie to, make a nonsense of, blow out of the water (slang), controvert, confute The statistics disprove his hypothesis.
show, prove, confirm, verify, ascertain, bear out, substantiate, evince
show, prove, confirm, verify, ascertain, bear out, substantiate, evince
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disprove
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Translations
vyvrátit
modbevise
kumota
hrekja, afsanna
paneigti
apgāztatspēkot
aksini ispat etmekçürütmek
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disprove
vt → widerlegen
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disprove
(disˈpruːv) verb to prove to be false or wrong. His theories have been disproved by modern scientific research. weerlegbaar يَدْحَض، يُفَنِّد، يُبَرْهِن عَدَم صِحَّة опровергавам invalidar vyvrátit widerlegen modbevise αναιρώ, αποδεικνύω ότι κτ. είναι λάθος refutar kummutama نادرستی چیزی را ثابت کردن osoittaa virheelliseksi réfuter לְהָפרִיך झूठा ठहराना dokazati neispravnost, dokazati neistinu megcáfol membuktikan kesalahan hrekja, afsanna smentire 誤りであることを示す 논박하다 paneigti, sugriauti atspēkot; apgāzt membuktikan kesilapan weerleggen motbevise, gjendrive oblać, falsyfikować غلط ثابتول، تر دېدول invalidar a dovedi netemeinicia опровергать vyvrátiť ovreči opovrgnuti vederlägga, motbevisa พิสูจน์ให้เห็นว่าผิด çürütmek, aksini ispat etmek 證明某事不實或有誤 спростовувати غلط ثابت کرنا bác bỏ 证明...不成立,证明......为误
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disprove
v. refutar.
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