prova — meaning in English

English meaning

• assay noun A test that determines the composition or purity of a substance, or the potency of a drug or biological sample.
• attempt verb To try to do something, especially something difficult, without guaranteed success.
• evidence noun Facts, objects, or information that support a claim or help prove something is true.
• proof noun Evidence or facts that show something is true.
• test noun A set of questions or tasks used to check someone's knowledge or ability.
• trial noun A formal examination of evidence in court to decide whether someone is guilty of a crime or liable in a dispute.
• try verb To make an attempt at doing something.
• witness noun A person who sees an event happen and can describe it afterward.

Senses

prova is used for these senses in English:

• assay Trial, attempt.
• attempt The action of trying at something. [1530]
• proof (countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
• test A challenge, trial.
• test (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
• trial (legal) A meeting or series of meetings in a court of law at which evidence is presented to a judge (and sometimes a jury) to allow them to decide on a legal matter (especially whether an accused person is guilty of a crime).
• trial (archaic) The action of trying (to do) something, especially more than once. (This sense is still current in the expression trial and error.)
• witness (countable) Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token.

assay — full definition

1. noun A test that determines the composition or purity of a substance, or the potency of a drug or biological sample.
2. verb To carry out such a test on a substance, especially an ore or metal.

attempt — full definition

1. verb To try to do something, especially something difficult, without guaranteed success.
2. noun An effort to do something, especially one that may fail.

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