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prove out

prove out verb: to turn out to be feasible, accurate, true, satisfactory, as expected, hoped, stated, etc.

Verb

prove out (third-person singular simple present proves out, present participle proving out, simple past proved out, past participle proved out or proven out)

  1. (intransitive) To turn out to be feasible, accurate, true, satisfactory, as expected, hoped, stated, etc.
  2. (transitive) To demonstrate the feasibility of; to show or be shown to be feasible, accurate, true, satisfactory, as expected, hoped, stated, etc.
    • Not that we’re afraid of things new. It’s just, before you put ’em on a system, they’ve gotta be demonstrated and proven and you’ve gotta have a lot of confidence in ’em. And we’re still in the stages where we're proving this out.2007 April 16, Les Johnson, Nell Boyce (reporter), “Space Tethers: Slinging Objects in Orbit?”, Morning Edition, National Public Radio http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9574513

Forms of prove out

third-person singular presentproves out
present participleproving out
pastproved out
past participleproved out
past participleproven out

Questions about prove out

What does prove out mean?
Prove out means to turn out to be feasible, accurate, true, satisfactory, as expected, hoped, stated, etc.
What part of speech is prove out?
Prove out is a verb.
What is the past tense of prove out?
The past tense of prove out is proved out.

Words near prove out in the dictionary

  1. provaxx
  2. provaxxer
  3. provaxxers
  4. prove
  5. prove oneself
  6. prove out
  7. proveabilities
  8. proveability
  9. proveable
  10. proveably
  11. provect

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