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My dad, Frank Addison Albini, was a terrific shot with a rifle and had generally excellent hunting skills. While my dad loved hunting and fishing, he didn't romanticize them. He was filling the freezer, not intellectualizing some caveman impulse or proving his worth as a real man.
Steve Albini

Meaning of "proving" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROVING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROVING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Proving is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb proving in English.

WHAT DOES PROVING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Proof

Proof may refer to: ▪ Proof, argument or sufficient evidence for the truth of a proposition ▪ Formal proof ▪ Mathematical proof, a convincing demonstration that some mathematical statement is necessarily true ▪ Proof theory, a branch of mathematical logic that represents proofs as formal mathematical objects ▪ Alcohol proof, a measure of an alcoholic drink's strength ▪ Artist's proof, a single print taken during the printmaking process ▪ Galley proof, a preliminary version of a publication ▪ Prepress proof, a facsimile of press artwork for job verification ▪ Proof coinage, coins once made as a test, but now specially struck for collectors ▪ Proofreading, reviewing a manuscript or artwork for errors or improvements ▪ Proofing, the process by which a yeast-leavened dough rises, also called "proving" In entertainment: ▪ Proof, an Irish TV drama/thriller ▪ Proof, 1980 B/W student film by Black-and-white, expanded to...

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PROVING

PRESENT

Present
I prove
you prove
he/she/it proves
we prove
you prove
they prove
Present continuous
I am proving
you are proving
he/she/it is proving
we are proving
you are proving
they are proving
Present perfect
I have proved
you have proved
he/she/it has proved
we have proved
you have proved
they have proved
Present perfect continuous
I have been proving
you have been proving
he/she/it has been proving
we have been proving
you have been proving
they have been proving
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I proved
you proved
he/she/it proved
we proved
you proved
they proved
Past continuous
I was proving
you were proving
he/she/it was proving
we were proving
you were proving
they were proving
Past perfect
I had proved
you had proved
he/she/it had proved
we had proved
you had proved
they had proved
Past perfect continuous
I had been proving
you had been proving
he/she/it had been proving
we had been proving
you had been proving
they had been proving
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will prove
you will prove
he/she/it will prove
we will prove
you will prove
they will prove
Future continuous
I will be proving
you will be proving
he/she/it will be proving
we will be proving
you will be proving
they will be proving
Future perfect
I will have proved
you will have proved
he/she/it will have proved
we will have proved
you will have proved
they will have proved
Future perfect continuous
I will have been proving
you will have been proving
he/she/it will have been proving
we will have been proving
you will have been proving
they will have been proving
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would proving
you would proving
he/she/it would proving
we would proving
you would proving
they would proving
Conditional continuous
I would be proving
you would be proving
he/she/it would be proving
we would be proving
you would be proving
they would be proving
Conditional perfect
I would have proving
you would have proving
he/she/it would have proving
we would have proving
you would have proving
they would have proving
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been proving
you would have been proving
he/she/it would have been proving
we would have been proving
you would have been proving
they would have been proving
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you prove
we let´s prove
you prove
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to prove
Past participle
proved
Present Participle
proving
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROVING

province
provinces
Provincetown
provincewide
provincial
Provincial Council
provincial police
provincialise
provincialism
provincialist
provinciality
provincialize
provincially
provine
proving ground
proviral
provirus
provision
provision merchant
provisional

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROVING

approving
coving
disapproving
driving
earthmoving
fast-moving
fun-loving
home-loving
improving
loving
moving
nonmoving
peace-loving
pleasure-loving
reproving
roving
shoving
slow-moving
unloving
unmoving
unreproving

Synonyms and antonyms of proving in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PROVING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «proving» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of proving

Translation of «proving» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROVING

Find out the translation of proving to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of proving from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «proving» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

证明
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

demostrando
570 millions of speakers

English

proving
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

साबित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تثبت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

доказывая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

provando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতিপাদন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prouvant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membuktikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

beweisen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

証明する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

증명
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mbuktekaken
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

minh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிரூபிக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सिद्ध करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kanıtlama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dimostrando
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

potwierdzające
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

доводячи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dovedind
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποδεικνύοντας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bewys
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bevisa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

beviser
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of proving

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROVING»

The term «proving» is very widely used and occupies the 15.711 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROVING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about proving

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10 QUOTES WITH «PROVING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word proving.
1
Steve Albini
My dad, Frank Addison Albini, was a terrific shot with a rifle and had generally excellent hunting skills. While my dad loved hunting and fishing, he didn't romanticize them. He was filling the freezer, not intellectualizing some caveman impulse or proving his worth as a real man.
2
Paul Arden
Risks are a measure of people. People who don't take them are trying to preserve what they have. Some risks have a future, and some people call them wrong. But being right may be like walking backwards, proving where you've been.
3
Robert Barany
I was now successful in proving that a direction of movement is localized in the cerebellum.
4
Jim Barksdale
I think we're proving ourselves as we go along. The past several months our strategy has been evolutionary - making maximum advantage of our client browser, as well as our enterprise software for people who want to build Web sites.
5
Ed Belfour
I love proving people wrong.
6
Claude Bernard
In teaching man, experimental science results in lessening his pride more and more by proving to him every day that primary causes, like the objective reality of things, will be hidden from him forever and that he can only know relations.
7
Michelle Branch
I was so adamant about proving myself for so long and I've gotten to the point where I don't have to do that as much.
8
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
In Sub-Saharan Africa, where agriculture represents two-thirds of all employment, governments are proving that resource commitments yield success. In 2004, African heads of state pledged 10 percent of their national budgets to achieve 6 percent annual growth in agriculture. By 2008, 20 African countries had met or exceeded that 6 percent target.
9
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
And it sends an important message to me, because I am sick to death to hear my opponent saying Republicans don't trust me. They do trust me, in landslide proportions, and they're proving it tonight. We're going to bury that for good.
10
Randy Couture
'Fight Master' is a proving ground for young, aspiring fighters who want a chance to play on a bigger stage. That's something it has in common with 'The Ultimate Fighter,' which has always been like a farm league for the UFC, a place to develop new talent.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROVING»

Discover the use of proving in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to proving and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Interactive Theorem Proving and Program Development: ...
It is based on a theory called the calculus of inductive constructions, a variant of type theory. This book provides a pragmatic introduction to the development of proofs and certified programs using Coq.
Yves Bertot, Pierre Castéran, 2004
2
Proving Darwin: Making Biology Mathematical
Groundbreaking mathematician Gregory Chaitin gives us the first book to posit that we can prove how Darwin’s theory of evolution works on a mathematical level.
Gregory Chaitin, 2012
3
Proving Manhood: Reflections on Men and Sexism
This is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the modern American man and his struggle with the women in his life.
Timothy Beneke, 1997
4
Proving and Pricing Construction Claims, Third Edition
The most useful, definitive resource available on every aspect of construction claims, including how to present the claims, how to calculate and prove the amount of damages sustained, and how to prove liability.
Robert Frank Cushman, Esq Cushman, John D. Carter, 2000
5
Symbolic logic and mechanical theorem proving
This book contains an introduction to symbolic logic and a thorough discussion of mechanical theorem proving and its applications. The book consists of three major parts. Chapters 2 and 3 constitute an introduction to symbolic logic.
CHIN-LIANG AUTOR CHANG, RICHARD CHAR-TUNG AUTOR LEE, 1973
6
First-Order Logic and Automated Theorem Proving
This graduate-level text presents fundamental concepts and results of classical logic in a rigorous mathematical style.
Melvin Fitting, 1996
7
Proving Woman: Female Spirituality and Inquisitional Culture ...
While studies of sanctity and heresy tend to be undertaken separately, Proving Woman brings these two avenues of inquiry together by associating the downward trajectory of holy women with medieval society's progressive reliance on the ...
Dyan Elliott, 2009
8
Proving History: Bayes's Theorem and the Quest for the ...
In this in-depth discussion of New Testament scholarship and the challenges of history as a whole, historian Richard C. Carrier proposes Bayess Theorem as a solution to the problem of establishing reliable historical criteria.
Richard C. Carrier, 2012
9
Automated Theorem Proving: Theory and Practice
This text and software package introduces the reader to automated theorem proving and provides two approaches implemented as easy-to-use programs.
Monroe Newborn, Monty Newborn, 2001
10
Proving Grounds: Project Plowshare and the Unrealized Dream ...
In February 1969, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission agreed to make a feasibility study of the use of nuclear power to build a harbor at Cape Keraudren, 80 miles north-east of Port Hedland.
Scott Kirsch, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROVING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term proving is used in the context of the following news items.
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6 things to know about Utah facility that mailed live anthrax
Military » Dugway Proving Ground has had trouble before. Facebook Twitter ... Here's what else you should know about Dugway Proving Ground. • This isn't the ... «Salt Lake Tribune, May 15»
2
Aberdeen Proving Ground to build $40 million cogeneration electric …
Aberdeen Proving Ground officials broke ground Wednesday for a cogeneration power that is expected to provide 80 percent of energy needs for the ... «Baltimore Sun, May 15»
3
F1 Monaco Grand Prix: I am proving why I am in F1, says Nasr
I wasn't this result today and the team wasn't expecting this result today, so we are having a profiting season. We have to be happy and I think I am proving why I ... «crash.net, May 15»
4
Navistar to Use Indiana Proving Grounds For Extensive Testing
The former Bosch, Bendix and Studebaker proving grounds near New Carlisle in northern Indiana is open for business under new ownership: Navistar Inc., ... «Truckinginfo, May 15»
5
Drone technology proving invaluable for firefighters
CLAYTON COUNTY, GA (CBS46) - The Clayton County Fire Department is relying on drone technology to help them see in hard-to-reach places and officials ... «CBS46 News Atlanta, May 15»
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2K Announces Evolve Proving Grounds Tournament, $60000 Grand …
2K and Turtle Rock Studios team up with ESL to host the Evolve Proving Grounds where top Evolve players can win prizes and show their hunting skills. «Geek Snack, Apr 15»
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More than 100 Aberdeen Proving Ground contractors to be laid off
More than 100 workers are expected to be laid off this month from a major military contractor at Aberdeen Proving Ground, according to military officials. «Baltimore Sun, Apr 15»
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Aberdeen Proving Ground opens sex assault resource center
As the Army celebrated its newest sexual assault resource center at Aberdeen Proving Ground on Wednesday, critics said it was the latest example of the ... «Baltimore Sun, Apr 15»
9
Loved ones greet unit returning to Aberdeen Proving Ground
A U.S. military medical unit returned to Aberdeen Proving Ground after overseeing mobile Ebola testing laboratories in Liberia for four months. «WBAL Baltimore, Mar 15»
10
Endgame: Proving Ground is Ingress for James Frey's universe
Google-owned Niantic Labs has opened beta registration for its new mobile-meets-real-world game, Endgame: Proving Ground. The game is built on the same ... «Wired.co.uk, Mar 15»

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