"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
(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
1. prove slow = okaż się wolny prove slow
2. prove cumbersome = okaż się nieporęczny prove cumbersome
3. prove inept = okaż się nieudolny prove inept
  • Having been willing to give their leader the benefit of the doubt he has proved very inept.
  • Though banks have proved inept at merging, big ones in the same market should be able to achieve 30% cost savings.
  • So she proved awkwardly inept in the sick room.
  • The construction authority was created in 1988 after the Board of Education proved corrupt and inept at building schools.
  • By early January 1957, however, Brown had proved so financially inept that the board asked him to step down.
  • Not only did Shadamehr prove inept at magic, it affected him in a perverse way.
  • Others would have officials step in only when private plans prove inept or when there is no alternative to a high-priced drug.
  • The Bell companies proved so inept at providing information that they never made a dent against newspapers.
  • "People can't be seen giving money to someone who has proven inept with money," he said.
  • He'd given gardening a shot, but when he'd proven inept, had abandoned it.
4. formally proven = formalnie sprawdzony formally proven
(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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