verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
disprove a theory ( also refute a theory formal ) (= show that it is wrong )
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Later experiments seemed to disprove the theory.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
theory
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Personal reincarnation, of course, is something which it is impossible to prove or disprove , although theories and beliefs abound.
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There is an overwhelming abundance of practical evidence disproving this theory .
■ VERB
prove
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It is impossible to prove or disprove McIntosh's assertion.
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We know of no surveys that either prove or disprove this point.
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Incidentally, the argument that dinosaurs would have needed to keep their brains cool neither proves nor disproves endothermy.
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A scientific theory can not be proved but only disproved .
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Personal reincarnation, of course, is something which it is impossible to prove or disprove , although theories and beliefs abound.
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However, it can not be proved or disproved in any final way and is unavoidably a political statement.
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They can be neither proved nor disproved .
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Evidence can thereby be admitted to prove or disprove the existence of the element which has been deemed jurisdictional.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Only the government has information which can disprove these claims.
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She was able to produce figures that disproved Smith's argument.
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The existence of God is a question of faith, and therefore impossible to prove or disprove .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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However, the epicycle theory could never be formally disproved.
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In order to confirm or disprove the phenomena, certain criteria have to be decided in order for the theory to have any value.
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In the second place, the claim of rational thought to limitless applicability has been disproved.
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My urge to prove my sanity made me gabble, and my gabbling disproved my claim.
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The myth that the Legion took anyone was being rapidly disproved and I didn't want to be a victim of it.