disprove

🇺🇸 /ˌdɪsˈpruːv/ 🇬🇧 /ˌdɪsˈpruːv/
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Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
verb
R

to demonstrate that a claim or belief is not true by providing evidence or arguments

Scientists worked hard to disprove the myth about the shape of the Earth.

translation

v. to demonstrate that a claim or belief is not true by providing evidence or arguments

Word Forms

3rd Present disproves
Past disproved
Perfect disproved
Progressive disproving