Definitions for proved
proved

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1. proved, provenadjective

   established beyond doubt

   "a proven liar"; "a Soviet leader of proven shrewdness"

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1. proved

   Proved refers to having established a fact or a statement through evidence, argument, or reasoning. It suggests that something has been demonstrated beyond doubt, supported with undeniable facts, logical analysis, or experimental results, in order to assert its validity, authenticity or truthfulness.

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1. Proved

   of Prove

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1. provedverb

   Verb form of the word prove.

   They proved that the earth is round.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 31, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'proved' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1464

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'proved' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3716

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce proved?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say proved in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of proved in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of proved in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of proved in a Sentence

1. Guy Cournoyer:

   We have asked a lot of you but you rose to the occasion and indeed proved that real and substantive justice is a reality.

2. Maria Martinez:

   The Lord Jesus Christ is a part of my life, and there's no grudges. People are human people do make mistakes. but what touches me is when the DA got behind me and stamped me... and proved me innocent -- so what grudge ?

3. Daniel Moise:

   From the first day, we realized that our front-line employees were eager to document this major moment in their lives, and so we created a' selfie station' in the observation area of our clinic, it proved instantly popular with most employees stopping to take a photo.

4. David Woodard:

   The abiding rule, repeated many times, was that ‘the president is not above the law,’ by that, I think that official power might have been legal – but it proved to be politically suicidal.

5. Evelyn Waugh:

   If, for instance, they have heard something from the postman, they attribute it to a semi-official statement; if they have fallen into conversation with a stranger at a bar, they can conscientiously describe him as a source that has hitherto proved unimpeachable. It is only when the journalist is reporting a whim of his own, and one to which he attaches minor importance, that he defines it as the opinion of well-informed circles.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=proved
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proved
4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=proved