Proof /pɹʉːf/

The meaning and definition of Proof, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun

An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.

verb

To proofread.
To make resistant, especially to water.

adjective

Used in proving or testing.
“a proof load; a proof charge”
Firm or successful in resisting.
“proof against harm”

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Proof /pɹʉːf/

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