"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
(52) repeatedly, continually
Kolokacji: 2
(53) overwhelming, irresistible
Kolokacji: 2
(54) wise, unwise
Kolokacji: 2
1. prove stubborn = okaż się uparty prove stubborn
  • The lower board proved more stubborn, two of the nails bent.
  • The man I thought might know has proven stubborn.
  • One had proven much more stubborn than the other.
  • Why did this particular man, who had already given him so much trouble, have to prove so stubborn?
  • Where the wood proved stubborn and resisting, he let it be.
  • But Japan's slump has proved stubborn, and costs have bloated.
  • The wife proved more stubborn, and the magician did as asked.
  • Among the fires burning in Colorado, two others were still proving stubborn.
  • The reason this state of affairs has proved so stubborn is simple: scarcity.
  • At that time, in 1971, much like today, unemployment was proving particularly stubborn.
2. prove adaptable = okaż się przystosowalny prove adaptable
3. prove flexible = okaż się elastyczny prove flexible
4. prove obstinate = okaż się zawzięty prove obstinate
5. prove inflexible = okaż się nieelastyczny prove inflexible
(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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