Collocations for prove - verb

conclusively, definitively
All this proves conclusively that she couldn't have known the truth.

scientifically
This theory cannot be proved scientifically.

just, only
Their reaction just proves my point.

otherwise
The deaths are being treated as suspicious until we can prove otherwise.

be difficult to, be impossible to
be easy to
be able to
try to
What are you trying to prove?

be determined to
have sth to
I certainly don't have anything to prove—my record speaks for itself.

to
He tried to prove his theory to his friends.

a chance to prove sth
prove sb right, prove sb wrong
I was determined to prove my critics wrong.

Prove is used with these nouns as the subject:
evidence, experiment, incident, move, prediction, prosecution, research, statistics, study

Prove is used with these nouns as the object:
accusation, allegation, assertion, association, attraction, authenticity, boon, charge, claim, competence, credentials, disappointment, disaster, effectiveness, embarrassment, existence, fact, failure, feasibility, fitness, guilt, handicap, hindrance, hypothesis, innocence, link, love, loyalty, manhood, merit, need, negligence, nightmare, obstacle, pedigree, point, prowess, revelation, sincerity, source, stumbling block, success, superiority, theory, thesis, turn-off, usefulness, validity, value, wisdom, worth