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proven
/ ˈːə /
adjective
- tried; tested
a proven method
Derived Forms
- ˈDZԱ, adverb
Example Sentences
As a result, the trade has proven to be among the most consequential in the Western Conference, reinvigorating a team that saw a season-long five-game losing streak end in Kuzmenko’s debut.
He appears confident that his economic vision of a rebuilt, job-rich American manufacturing sector protected from foreign competition - a vision he has closely held for decades - will ultimately be proven right.
Historically, there have been few examples of zombie films made in Mexico, even if the horror genre at large has always proven widely popular with Mexican audiences.
"It has again been proven that in Brussels incompetent people are leading the European institutions, who are also suffering from a very serious Trump-phobia," said Szijjarto.
Murdoch and Trump have always held a media-centric theory of power, and, for the most part, their theory has proven to be correct.
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Proven Vs. Proved
What’s the difference between proven and proved?
Proven and proved are both acceptable past participle forms of the verb prove. This means they can both be used in constructions that are classified as present perfect (as in I have proven or I have proved) or past perfect (as in I had proven or I had proved).
In these cases, these past participle forms are paired with a form of the helping verb (auxiliary verb) has. However, they can also be used in passive constructions that don’t use a helping verb, as in It was proven or It was proved.
While proved can also be used as the simple past tense form of prove, as in You proved me wrong, proven cannot (for example, it would be ungrammatical to say You proven me wrong).
Though both words can technically be used as adjectives, proven is far more commonly used this way, as in a proven method or a proven fact.
Here’s an example of proven and proved used correctly in the same sentence.
Example: This study has proved that it often takes a long period of time for things that have been scientifically proven to be accepted as proven facts by a majority of people.
Want to learn more? Read the full breakdown of the difference between proven and proved.
Quiz yourself on proven vs. proved!
Would proven or proved be more likely to be used in the following sentence?
It is a _____ fact that the earth is round.
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