"prove oneself" meaning in English

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        "third-person"
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        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "proved oneself",
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "proved oneself",
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        "past_ptc2": "proven oneself"
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Helen Duncan, Kate Rice: Prospector, Dundurn, →ISBN, page 58:",
          "text": "The man known as Dick Woosey belonged to it all, had proved himself, just as Dan Mosher had proved himself.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Penny Mickelbury, Darkness Descending, Kings Crossing Publishing, →ISBN, page 16:",
          "text": "The beating severely damaged her eye and caused severe emotional and psychological trauma, but Cassie had fought back, rehabilitated herself, and proved herself worthy of a return to full time active duty. Proved herself over and over again, at every opportunity.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Donna Alward, The Girl Most Likely, Samhain Publishing, →ISBN, page 160:",
          "text": "“I think you're insecure and hell bent on 'proving' yourself no matter what the cost to you or anyone else.” He took a breath, saw her mouth drop open in shock and carried on before he lost his nerve.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Craig Dunham, Doug Serven, TwentySomeone: Finding Yourself in a Decade of Transition, WaterBrook Press, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Paul said of Timothy: “I have no one else like him, who takes a genuine interest in your welfare” (verse 20), and “Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel” (verse 22).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Steve Zaffron, Dave Logan, The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. — Leo Tolstoy Who or what is leading your life? The approval of others? Pleasing your mother or father? Others' expectations of you? Proving yourself to others?",
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      "glosses": [
        "To demonstrate or establish one's own worth."
      ],
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        [
          "demonstrate",
          "demonstrate"
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        [
          "establish",
          "establish"
        ],
        [
          "worth",
          "worth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To demonstrate or establish one's own worth."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to demonstrate one's own worth",
          "word": "todistaa taitonsa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to demonstrate one's own worth",
          "word": "faire ses preuves"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to demonstrate one's own worth",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wykazać się"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "projavítʹ sebjá",
          "sense": "to demonstrate one's own worth",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "прояви́ть себя́"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "prove oneself"
}

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    {
      "form": "proves oneself",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proving oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proved oneself",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proved oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proven oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "*",
        "past_ptc2": "proven oneself"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "ref": "2002, Helen Duncan, Kate Rice: Prospector, Dundurn, →ISBN, page 58:",
          "text": "The man known as Dick Woosey belonged to it all, had proved himself, just as Dan Mosher had proved himself.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Penny Mickelbury, Darkness Descending, Kings Crossing Publishing, →ISBN, page 16:",
          "text": "The beating severely damaged her eye and caused severe emotional and psychological trauma, but Cassie had fought back, rehabilitated herself, and proved herself worthy of a return to full time active duty. Proved herself over and over again, at every opportunity.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Donna Alward, The Girl Most Likely, Samhain Publishing, →ISBN, page 160:",
          "text": "“I think you're insecure and hell bent on 'proving' yourself no matter what the cost to you or anyone else.” He took a breath, saw her mouth drop open in shock and carried on before he lost his nerve.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Craig Dunham, Doug Serven, TwentySomeone: Finding Yourself in a Decade of Transition, WaterBrook Press, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Paul said of Timothy: “I have no one else like him, who takes a genuine interest in your welfare” (verse 20), and “Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel” (verse 22).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Steve Zaffron, Dave Logan, The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. — Leo Tolstoy Who or what is leading your life? The approval of others? Pleasing your mother or father? Others' expectations of you? Proving yourself to others?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To demonstrate or establish one's own worth."
      ],
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          "demonstrate"
        ],
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          "establish",
          "establish"
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          "worth",
          "worth"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To demonstrate or establish one's own worth."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to demonstrate one's own worth",
      "word": "todistaa taitonsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to demonstrate one's own worth",
      "word": "faire ses preuves"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to demonstrate one's own worth",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wykazać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "projavítʹ sebjá",
      "sense": "to demonstrate one's own worth",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прояви́ть себя́"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prove oneself"
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