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probative

[ proh-buh-tiv, prob-uh- ]

adjective

  1. serving or designed for testing or trial.
  2. affording proof or evidence.


probative

/ -trɪ; ˈprəʊbətərɪ; ˈprəʊbətɪv /

adjective

  1. serving to test or designed for testing
  2. providing proof or evidence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzپ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • b·پ· adverb
  • ԴDz·b·پ adjective
  • ԴDz·b·ٴr adjective
  • ܲ·b·پ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of probative1

1425–75; late Middle English < Middle French probatif < Latin Dzīܲ of proof. See probate, -ive
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of probative1

C15: from Late Latin Dzīܲ concerning proof
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Example Sentences

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A burnt horseshoe found in the rubble is more promising as a probative clue.

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“Although the State deferred certain questions, in many other instances, the grand jurors asked probative questions, and received complete answers from witnesses, without State interference,” Marlowe Sommer wrote.

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In this case, though, Phelps ruled that Sarey’s drug use and intoxication is out of bounds, finding it “would be more prejudicial than probative.”

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But, Bader said, "there was a lot of the evidence that came in was probably more prejudicial than probative, which is the standard for admissibility."

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Santos has produced so much ludicrous theater for news cameras that, in the hands of a probative interviewer with minimal fact-checking ability, some quality wild weirdness could have been mined from the situation.

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