| prove | ~ o’s /case, point/, membuktikan + approp n sso /betul, benar/: he had argued that more workers should have been recruited, and now that there’s a labour shortage, it ~s his point, dia telah mengatakan bahawa lebih banyak pekerja patut diambil dan sekarang wujud masalah kekurangan buruh dan itu membuktikan kata-katanya betul; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| prove | vt demonstrate the truth or fact of, (act.) membuktikan; (of evidence) menunjukkan; (pass.) terbukti: he was unable to ~ the truth of what he claimed, dia tdk dapat membuktikan kebenaran apa yg didakwanya; this sample ~s the presence of gold in the area, sampel ini membuktikan emas ada di kawasan itu; she ~d herself to be a competent secretary, dia membuktikan dia setiausaha yg cekap; all the evidence goes to ~ that he was away at the time of the crime, semua keterangan membuktikan dia tdk ada pd masa kejadian jenayah itu; he ~d to be a highly amusing dinner companion, dia terbukti merupakan teman makan malam yg lucu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| prove | vi 1. (of so. or st) turn out to be, terbukti, ternyata: all his predictions ~d correct, semua ramalannya terbukti benar; the operation ~d useless and the patient died, pembedahan itu ternyata tdk berhasil dan pesakit itu meninggal dunia; the new man ~d to be unequal to the task, orang baru itu terbukti tdk mampu menjalankan tugas tersebut; 2. (of dough) rise, mengembang, naik: she left the bread dough in a warm place to ~, dia meletakkan adunan roti itu di tempat yg panas supaya adunan tersebut mengembang; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| turn | ~ out, a. prove to be, ternyata: the book ~ed out to be a best-seller, buku itu ternyata laris; his son ~ed out to be successful after all, anaknya ternyata berjaya; Clive was afraid that he’d got AIDS, but it ~ed out that he’d merely caught a cold, Clive takut kalau-kalau terkena AIDS, tetapi ternyata dia hanya mendapat selesema; b. develop, menjadi: the weather ~ed out fine again, cuaca menjadi cerah semula; everything has ~ed out well for her, semuanya menjadi baik baginya; c. come out, gather (for) meeting, election, etc, datang: voters ~ed out in large numbers for the election, pengundi datang beramai-ramai utk mengundi dlm pilihan raya itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| verify | vt 1. prove the truth of, menentusahkan: the story can be verified, cerita itu boleh ditentusahkan; the accountant has verified the figures, akauntan itu telah menentusahkan angka-angka itu; 2. confirm, mengesahkan: this only verifies my theory that..., ini hanya mengesahkan teori saya bahawa...; his behaviour verified my opinion of him, perangainya mengesahkan pendapat saya tentangnya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| prevail | vi 1. prove superior, mengatasi (approp n): it is to be hoped that truth will ~ and the guilty be punished, diharapkan kebenaran akan mengatasi yg lain dan yg bersalah dihukum; 2. be widespread, a. (of doctrine, teaching, practice, etc) diamalkan: corruption which still ~s in certain areas of the country makes development difficult, rasuah yg masih diamalkan di sesetengah kawasan di negeri itu menyebabkan pembangunan sukar dijalankan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| justify | vt 1. prove or explain that st is right, reasonable, valid, etc, memberikan /justifikasi, alasan yg kuat/ atas: they were taken to task and asked to ~ their action, mereka dimarahi dan diminta memberikan alasan yg kuat bagi tindakan mereka; can you ~ the statement you’ve just made, boleh kamu berikan alasan yg kuat bagi kenyataan yg kamu buat tadi?; ~ os, membela diri sso: I feel I do not need to ~ myself, saya rasa tdk perlu saya membela diri; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| confute | vt (fml) prove wrong, membuktikan [sst, sso] salah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| show | I’ll ~ /you, him, etc/, (colloq) prove o’s worth, ability, saya akan tunjuk kpd sso: so he thinks I can’t do it? I’ll ~ him!, jadi dia ingat saya tak dapat membuatnya?; Saya akan tunjuk kpd dia!; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| culpability | n kebersalahan, bersalah: they could not prove his ~, mereka tdk dapat membuktikan bahawa dia bersalah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |