Definition: 1. Tested and shown to be true. 2. Established beyond doubt.
Use 'proven' in a sentence:
1. The thing was proven upon him?
2. Improvements in a firm's information technology hardware and software are a proven way to increase the efficiency of employees who do the majority of their work on computers.
3. There are nonetheless several empirically proven benefits.
4. Scientists have proven that despite their poorly developed small eyes, these bats still can see during the day.
5. Today's state-of-the-art atomic clocks have proven Einstein right.
6. This is a good reason to doubt the sun, but can it be proven?
7. It's been scientifically proven that three people will be better than one at solving problems, even if that one person is the smartest person in the field.
8. The antioxidant nutrients found in papaya have also been proven to reduce muscle inflammation and heal burns and wounds.
9. Hope has proven a powerful predictor of outcome in every study we've done so far.
10. Not very long ago, it was also unthinkable that a virus would shut down nations and that safety nets would be proven so disastrously lacking in flexibility.
11. I take proven methods and personal strategies to help students reach their goals and have the satisfaction of seeing a wonderful score enabling them to take leaps forward in their academic career!
12. Their efforts have been proven fruitful.
13. Seven years later, they were proven wrong.
14. Tobacco taxes, which generate more than twice as much, have proven instrumental in the decline of smoking, which has saved millions of lives.
15. A proven treatment is a face or nose mask connected to a machine that delivers continuous pressurized air to keep the airways open during sleep.
16. It has been proven that it is nearly as effective as traditional hand-washing.
17. The technology has proven to help the most demanding customers.
18. The good news is that the world is full of proven, cheap ways to save energy.
19. The neuronal imbalance in the brain of the infant caused seizures, prompting surgeons to remove the enlarged hemisphere—a treatment that has proven successful in similar cases.
20. In the past this process of transition has often proven difficult.
21. While pinning down a definition has proven tricky, the general consensus is it's some means of information gathering.
22. There are many commonly held beliefs about eyeglasses and eyesight that are not proven facts.
23. This philosophy has proven its worth.
24. Efficient technology is here now, proven and cheap.
25. HIV has proven to possess an ability to mutate into drug-resistant forms.
26. These legislators argue that such a policy would reduce crime dramatically, since it would take people with a proven tendency to commit crimes off the streets permanently.
27. Congress needs to find the courage to allow Medicare to pay preferentially for treatments proven to be superior.
28. It is the victim who is often put on trial and, to add insult to injury, she is presumed guilty until proven innocent of provoking the rape.
29. With geological maps, books, and atlases you can find out all the proven sites of precious minerals.
30. Pre-K advocates insist it is proven and will succeed if integrated with the rest of the child's schooling.
31. He has a proven track record in marketing.
32. It is a proven fact that fluoride strengthens growing teeth.