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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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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.
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disprove
v. refutar.
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