Meanings
comparative more proven · superlative most proven
- Having been proved; having proved its value or truth.
It's a proven fact that morphine is a more effective painkiller than acetaminophen is.
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- participlepastpast participle of prove
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveestablished beyond doubt
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pro-bʰuH-s“being in front, prominent”
- Latinprobus“good, worthy, excellent”
- Late Latinprobō“test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove”
- Englishproven
From Scottish English, as past participle of preve, a Middle English variant of prove – compare woven (from weave) and cloven (from cleave), both of which feature -eve → -oven. Preve died out in England, but survived in Scotland, where proven developed, initially in a legal context, as in “The jury ruled that the charges were not proven.” See usage notes for historical usage patterns. Earlier, from Late Latin probō (“test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove”, verb), from Latin probus (“good, worthy, excellent”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰuH-s (“being in front, prominent”), from *pro-, *per- (“toward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”). Morphologically prove + -n.
More words from Late Latin, Latin, Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bengali প্রমাণিত
- প্রমাণিত (promanito)having been proved
Finnish todennettu, todistettu
- todennettuhaving been proved
- todistettuhaving been proved
French prouvé
- prouvéhaving been proved
Irish dearfa
- dearfahaving been proved
Italian provato, dimostrato
- provatohaving been proved
- dimostratohaving been proved
- comprovatohaving been proved
Polish dowiedziony, udowodniony
- dowiedzionyhaving been proved
- udowodnionyhaving been proved
Portuguese provado
- provadohaving been proved
Russian дока́занный, испы́танный
- дока́занный (dokázannyj)having been proved
- испы́танный (ispýtannyj)having been proved
- подтверждённый (podtverždjónnyj)having been proved
Spanish probado, demostrado
- probadohaving been proved
- demostradohaving been proved
- comprobadohaving been proved
Tagalog diyama
- diyamahaving been proved
Turkish kanıtlanmış
- kanıtlanmışhaving been proved
Ukrainian доведений
- доведений (dovedenyj)having been proved
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with proven
All rhymes →Cite this entry
proven. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proven
“proven.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proven. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proven,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proven.
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