prove+good

  • 31prove — /pru:v/ verb past tense provedpast participle proved also proven / pru:vn/ especially AmE 1 SHOW THE TRUTH (T) to show that something is true by providing facts, information etc: Evidence has been found that proves his innocence. | prove (that):… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32prove — verb (proved; proved or proven; proving) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French prover, pruver, from Latin probare to test, prove, from probus good, honest, from pro for, in favor + bus (akin to Old English bēon to be) more at pro , be Date …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 33prove — Synonyms and related words: affirm, afford proof of, argue, ascertain, assay, attend, attest, audit, authenticate, back, back up, balance, balance the books, be found, bear out, become of, bespeak, betoken, bolster, bring home to, bring out,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 34Good and evil — In religion, ethics, and philosophy, the phrase, good and evil refers to the location of objects, desires, and behaviors on a two way spectrum, with one direction being morally positive ( good ), and the other morally negative ( evil ). Good is a …

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  • 35good — /gʊd / (say good) adjective (better, best) 1. morally excellent; righteous; pious. 2. satisfactory in quality, quantity, or degree; excellent: good food; good health. 3. right; proper; qualified; fit: do whatever seems good to you; her credit is… …

  • 36prove — provable, adj. provability, provableness, n. provably, adv. provenly, adv. prover, n. /proohv/, v., proved, proved or proven, proving …

    Universalium

  • 37Good Luck Chuck — Infobox Film name = Good Luck Chuck caption = Theatrical release poster, a take on a very famous Rolling Stone magazine cover of Yoko Ono and John Lennon (in which John was completely naked). director = Mark Helfrich producer = Mike Karz writer …

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  • 38prove — [12] The ultimate source of prove was Latin probus ‘good’. This went back (like the related Sanskrit prabhu ‘eminent, mighty’) to a prehistoric Indo European compound *probhwo ‘being in front’, hence ‘excelling’ (*promeant ‘in front’, and *bhwo… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 39prove — [[t]pruv[/t]] v. proved, proved prov•en, prov•ing 1) to establish the truth, genuineness, or validity of, as by evidence or argument 2) to give demonstration of; cause to be shown as specified: Events have proved me right[/ex] 3) to subject to a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 40prove — [12] The ultimate source of prove was Latin probus ‘good’. This went back (like the related Sanskrit prabhu ‘eminent, mighty’) to a prehistoric Indo European compound *probhwo ‘being in front’, hence ‘excelling’ (*promeant ‘in front’, and *bhwo… …

    Word origins