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verb
- 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.
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.
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.
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. 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.
disprove definition: to prove that something is not true. Learn more.
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