Proof
/pɹʉːf/
The meaning and definition of Proof, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
adjective
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Used in proving or testing.
“a proof load; a proof charge”
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Firm or successful in resisting.
“proof against harm”
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.
Definitions from the Free Dictionary API
Origin
From Middle English proof, from Old French prove, from Latin proba, from Latin probo, from Latin probus.
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