Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prove out

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.76 in modern English

Syllables: prove out
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To turn out to be feasible, accurate, true, satisfactory, as expected, hoped, stated, etc.

Intransitive verb

verb

To demonstrate the feasibility of; to show or be shown to be feasible, accurate, true, satisfactory, as expected, hoped, stated, etc.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Not that we’re afraid of things new. It’s just, before you put ’em on a system, they’ve gotta be demonstrated and proven and you’ve gotta have a lot of confidence in ’em. And we’re still in the stages where we're proving this out."

Usage

Inflected Forms

proves out (present, singular) proving out (participle, present) proved out (past) proved out (participle, past) proven out (participle, past)

Questions

What does prove out mean?: To turn out to be feasible, accurate, true, satisfactory, as expected, hoped, stated, etc.

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