"prove" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

prove verbo

prove + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 103
prove one's point • prove one's innocence • prove one's case • prove one's worth • prove one's theory • prove one's ability • ...
verbo + prove
Kolokacji: 14
try to prove • failed to prove • need to prove • want to prove • go to prove • ...
prove + preposición
Kolokacji: 31
prove beyond • prove to • prove by • prove over • prove against • ...
prove + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 362
prove difficult • prove successful • prove popular • prove useful • prove effective • prove impossible • prove fatal • prove wrong • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 70
(3) popular, unpopular, ideal
Kolokacji: 3
1. prove costly = okaż się kosztowny prove costly
2. prove invaluable = okaż się nieoceniony prove invaluable
3. prove valuable = okaż się cenny prove valuable
4. prove expensive = okaż się drogi prove expensive
5. prove worthwhile = okaż się interesujący prove worthwhile
6. prove worthless = okaż się bezwartościowy prove worthless
  • A result was a tax liability of several million dollars for an investment that proved worthless.
  • Corelli from there, saying the cheque had proved worthless after all.
  • Now I'm just worrying that what we've got may prove worthless to him, that's all.
  • Much of the stock, though, proved worthless near the end of the year.
  • But that too ultimately proved worthless when Continental filed for bankruptcy.
  • What he thought was gold discovered on his journey was later proven worthless.
  • Some that were expensive, and so hard to get that people had to put themselves on waiting lists two years ago, have been proven worthless.
  • But it didn't work, and stock in the company proved worthless.
  • That may be Moscow's hope since its own alliance proved worthless.
  • Their complex financial instruments spreading the risk of mortgages have proved almost worthless.
7. prove cheaper = okaż się tańszy prove cheaper
8. prove pointless = okaż się bezcelowy prove pointless
(21) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2
(23) influential, powerful, potent
Kolokacji: 3
(35) vulnerable, weak, powerless
Kolokacji: 3
(37) resilient, eager
Kolokacji: 2
(40) superior, justified
Kolokacji: 2
(41) deadly, lethal, toxic
Kolokacji: 3
(43) actually, illusory
Kolokacji: 2
(44) worthy, suitable, unfit
Kolokacji: 3
(46) guilty, painful, uncomfortable
Kolokacji: 3
(47) small, fully, amply
Kolokacji: 3
(52) repeatedly, continually
Kolokacji: 2
(53) overwhelming, irresistible
Kolokacji: 2
(54) wise, unwise
Kolokacji: 2
(57) simply, merely, simple
Kolokacji: 3
(58) premature, initially, timely
Kolokacji: 3
(59) valid, untenable
Kolokacji: 2
(64) empty, fragile, meaningless
Kolokacji: 3
(66) apt, agile
Kolokacji: 2
(67) impervious, receptive
Kolokacji: 2
(69) robust, hardy
Kolokacji: 2
(70) palatable, disconcerting
Kolokacji: 2

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