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disprove

/dɪsˈpɹuːv//dɪsˈpɹuv/

disprove verb: to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

Verb

disprove (third-person singular simple present disproves, present participle disproving, simple past disproved, past participle disproved or disproven)

  1. (transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
    • disprove a theory
    • disprove a hypothesis
    Synonyms:
    disconfirm

disprove meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

disprove in Hindi

to disprove, prove false
झुठलाना jhuṭhlānā

disprove in Tamil

துண்டி, பொய்ப்பி, சரியன்று என எண்பி, பொய்யென மெய்ப்பி

disprove in Malayalam

prove false, refute, rebut
തെറ്റാണെന്നു തെളിയിക്കുക, തെറ്റെന്നു സ്ഥാപിക്കുക, കളവാണെന്നു കാണിക്കുക, വാദത്തെ ഖണ്ഡിക്കുക, അപ്രമാണീകരിക്കുക, അടിസ്ഥാനമില്ലെന്നു തെളിയിക്കുക

disprove in Kannada

ತಪ್ಪು ತೋರಿಸು, ತಪ್ಪೆಂದು ತೋರಿಸು, ಅಬದ್ಧವೆಂದು ಸಾಧಿಸು
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disprove in Tagalog
pabulaanan
disprove in Arabic
دَحَضَ daḥaḍa

Examples of disprove in a sentence

  • “The commission is not set up to disprove or to prove President Trump’s claim, nor is it just looking at the 2016 election.2017 May 15, David Wright, “Kobach: ‘Election integrity’ panel ‘not set up to prove or to disprove’ Trump”, in CNN:
  • Newly released audio disproves Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s claim on CNN that he was misquoted by The Atlantic about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.2023 August 22, Daniel Dale, “Fact check: Audio debunks Vivek Ramaswamy’s false claim that he was misquoted about 9/11”, in CNN:

All 24 example sentences with disprove

Synonyms of disprove

Antonyms

Forms of disprove

third-person singular presentdisproves
present participledisproving
pastdisproved
past participledisproved
past participledisproven

Past tense of disprove: disproved

Origin of disprove

From Middle English disproven, dispreven, from Old French desprover, from des- + prover, equivalent to dis- + prove.

Words formed from disprove

Words that rhyme with disprove

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Questions about disprove

What does disprove mean?
Disprove means to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
What is disprove in Hindi?
Disprove in Hindi is झुठलाना (jhuṭhlānā). See Disprove meaning in Hindi.
How do you use disprove in a sentence?
“The commission is not set up to disprove or to prove President Trump’s claim, nor is it just looking at the 2016 election.
What part of speech is disprove?
Disprove is a verb.
How do you pronounce disprove?
Disprove is pronounced /dɪsˈpɹuːv/ (UK).
What is the past tense of disprove?
The past tense of disprove is disproved.

Words near disprove in the dictionary

  1. dispropriating
  2. disprovability
  3. disprovable
  4. disproval
  5. disprovals
  6. disprove
  7. disproved
  8. disprovement
  9. disproven
  10. disprover
  11. disprovers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: disprove (page history and authors); झुठलाना (Hindi) (page history and authors); disprove (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disprove (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); disprove (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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