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- 1. prove that (something) is false: "he has given the Department of Transport two months to disprove the allegation"
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to prove that something is not true: The allegations have been disproved. Synonym. confute formal. Opposites. demonstrate. establish. prove. show. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Proving and disproving. acid test. actions speak louder than words idiom. anti-sexist. attest. authenticate. demonstrable. demonstrably.
verb. To disprove an idea, belief, or theory means to show that it is not true. The statistics to prove or disprove his hypothesis will take years to collect. [VERB noun] Synonyms: prove false, discredit, refute, contradict More Synonyms of disprove. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
: to prove to be false or wrong : refute. disprove a theory. Synonyms. belie. confound. confute. debunk. disconfirm. discredit. falsify. rebut. refute. shoot down. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of disprove in a Sentence. Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe disproved any lingering notions that the earth is flat.
Disprove definition: to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate. See examples of DISPROVE used in a sentence.
When you disprove something, you argue against it or give evidence that it's not true. A student falsely accused of cheating on a test will work hard to disprove it.
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. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
to prove that something is not true: The allegations have been disproved. Synonym. confute formal. Opposites. demonstrate. establish. prove. show. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Proving and disproving. acid test. actions speak louder than words idiom. anti-sexist. attest. authenticate. demonstrable. demonstrably.
Definition of disprove verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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