Definitions of disprove [ɪsˈpruv]

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Definition of 'disprove'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) disprove
to prove to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < AF, OF desprover=des-dis -¹+prover to prove)

Definition of 'disprove'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) disprove, confute
prove to be false
"The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"

Definition of 'disprove'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) disprove
≠ prove
to disprove a theory

Definition of 'disprove'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) disprove
to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute

2. (verb) disprove
to disallow; to disapprove of

Translation of 'disprove'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to prove to be false or wrong His theories have been disproved by modern scientific research.
Afrikaans: weerlegbaar	Arabic: يَدْحَض، يُفَنِّد، يُبَرْ	Bulgarian: опровергавам
Brazilian: invalidar	Czech: vyvrátit	German: widerlegen
Danish: modbevise	Greek: αναιρώ, αποδεικνύω ότι κτ	Spanish: refutar
Estonian: kummutama	Farsi: نادرستی چیزی را ثابت کردن	Finnish: osoittaa virheelliseksi
French: réfuter	Hebrew: לְהָפרִיך	Hindi: झूठा ठहराना
Croatian: dokazati neispravnost, do	Hungarian: megcáfol	Indonesian: membuktikan kesalahan
Icelandic: hrekja, afsanna	Italian: smentire	Japanese: 誤りであることを示す
Korean: 논박하다	Lithuanian: paneigti, sugriauti	Latvian: atspēkot; apgāzt
Malay: membuktikan kesilapan	Dutch: weerleggen	Norwegian: motbevise, gjendrive
Polish: oblać, falsyfikować	Persian: نادرستی چیزی را ثابت کردن	Pashto: غلط ثابتول، تر دېدول
Portuguese: invalidar	Romanian: a dovedi netemeinicia	Russian: опровергать
Slovak: vyvrátiť	Slovenian: ovreči	Serbian: opovrgnuti
Swedish: vederlägga, motbevisa	Thai: พิสูจน์ให้เห็นว่าผิด	Turkish: çürütmek, aksini ispat et
Taiwanese: 證明某事不實或有誤	Ukrainian: спростовувати	Urdu: غلط ثابت کرنا
Vietnamese: bác bỏ	Chinese: 证明...不成立，证明......为误
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