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# proven

«proven» in Mova's school dictionary: **Shown to be true by facts or evidence** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (proven, a proven fact); verb, past participle of prove (prove, proves, proved, proved/proven)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Shown to be true by facts or evidence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proven/#m1)

2) Tested and known to work: a proven method. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proven/#m2)

3) (law, Scotland) «Not proven» is a court verdict meaning there was not enough evidence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proven/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and science, a proven rule or fact is backed by proof or tests. In adverts, «proven» is used to make you trust a product; ask what the evidence is. Phrases: proven fact, proven method, it has been proven.

### examples

- It is a proven fact that the Earth goes round the Sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proven/#x1)
- This is a proven way to learn spellings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proven/#x2)
- The rule has been proven for all whole numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proven/#x3)
- Nothing has been proven yet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proven/#x4)
- She is a proven winner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proven/#x5)
- The advert says it is clinically proven. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proven/#x6)

### note

Both «proved» and «proven» are used as the past participle: «It has been proved/proven.» «Proven» is more common as an adjective before a noun. Verb: prove; noun: proof.

### In the corpora

- [Self-driving vehicles are being tested, and their safety must be proven before they are used everywhere.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/14/)
- [Some exciting claims are proven, others are still argued about, and good science says which is which.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/252-plants-deeper-do-trees-talk-fungi-warning-smells-and-giant-clones/7/)
- [People still report thylacine sightings, but none have been proven.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more/8/)
- [King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are legends, not proven history.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/21-castles-knights-and-cathedrals/13/)
- ["Bite the bullet" means face something unpleasant bravely; the story about soldiers biting bullets is often told but not proven.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/25-idioms-taken-literally/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «proven» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proven/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.