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1 disprove
[dɪs'pruːv]vtbelief, theory obalać (obalić perf)* * *[dis'pru:v](to prove to be false or wrong: His theories have been disproved by modern scientific research.) oblać, falsyfikować -
2 belie
[bɪ'laɪ]vt* * *present participle - belying; verb(to give a false idea or impression of (something): His innocent face belies his cunning.) zadawać kłam, maskować
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disprove — ► VERB ▪ prove to be false. DERIVATIVES disprovable adjective … English terms dictionary
disprove — I verb belie, confute, contravene, controvert, counteract, countervail, deny, discredit, dispel, find unfounded, invalidate, negate, nullify, oppugn, prove false, prove the contrary, prove to be wrong, prove to the contrary, rebut, redarguere,… … Law dictionary
disprove — verb Disprove is used with these nouns as the object: ↑allegation, ↑claim, ↑existence, ↑myth, ↑theory, ↑thesis … Collocations dictionary
disprove — verb Wesley s version of the story should be easy to disprove Syn: refute, prove false, falsify, debunk, negate, invalidate, contradict, confound, controvert, discredit; informal poke holes in, blow out of the water, shoot down; formal confute … Thesaurus of popular words
disprove — verb /dɪsˈpɹuːv/ To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. Ant: prove … Wiktionary
disprove — verb prove that (something) is false. Derivatives disprovable adjective … English new terms dictionary
disprove — verb (T) to prove something false or wrong: She was able to quote figures that disproved Smith s argument … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
disprove — verb Syn: refute, prove false, rebut, debunk, give the lie to, demolish; informal shoot full of holes, blow out of the water … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
disprove — UK [dɪsˈpruːv] / US [dɪsˈpruv] verb [transitive] Word forms disprove : present tense I/you/we/they disprove he/she/it disproves present participle disproving past tense disproved past participle disproved to prove that something is not correct or … English dictionary
disprove — [[t]dɪspru͟ːv[/t]] disproves, disproving, disproved, disproven VERB To disprove an idea, belief, or theory means to show that it is not true. [V n] The statistics to prove or disprove his hypothesis will take years to collect. Syn: refute … English dictionary
disprove — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French desprover, from des dis + prover to prove Date: 14th century to prove to be false or wrong ; refute < disprove a theory > • disprovable adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary