"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
(21) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2
(23) influential, powerful, potent
Kolokacji: 3
1. prove adept = dowiedź mistrza prove adept
2. prove capable = okaż się zdolny prove capable
3. prove incapable = okaż się niezdolny prove incapable
4. prove able = okaż się zdolny prove able
5. prove good = okaż się dobry prove good
6. prove prescient = okaż się mający zdolność przewidywania prove prescient
7. prove resourceful = okaż się przedsiębiorczy prove resourceful
8. prove skilled = okaż się wykwalifikowany prove skilled
9. prove competent = okaż się kompetentny prove competent
10. prove incompetent = dowiedź osoby niekompetentnej prove incompetent
  • Examinations for certificates of competency were instituted for all masters and mates of foreign-going ships and were subject to withdrawal if they proved incompetent or unfit to perform their duties.
  • Even though it would be great to go back, Marty McFly-style, to spend a weekend in 1957 New York, modern scientists have proved wholly incompetent in their efforts to build a time machine.
  • The Bush administration has proved utterly incompetent in fighting terrorists, but it has skillfully exploited the terrorist threat for domestic political gain.
  • Or he was connected to live humans who proved incompetent or indifferent; one woman all but invited him to take his money elsewhere.
  • FEMA's response to Hurricane Andrew in 1992 perfectly foreshadowed Katrina: the agency took three days to arrive on the scene, and when it did, it proved utterly incompetent.
  • But almost every time an Amyrlin proved so incompetent or otherwise problematic that she threatened the future of the Tower, sisters have risen up to remove her.
  • A fair law would set reasonable time limits for filing death penalty petitions but also deal justly with prisoners whose lawyers have made minor mistakes or proved grossly incompetent.
  • Lucille appoints Gob the new Bluth Company president, but since Gob proves utterly incompetent, the position's real duties revert to Michael.
  • Nigeria's last experiment with civilian rule, which began in 1979, ended in 1983 because politicians proved altogether corrupt and incompetent.
  • The young Emperor proved hopelessly incompetent.
(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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