proof

Meaning of proof

noun
  1. An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
  2. 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.
  3. The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
  4. Experience of something.
  5. Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
  6. A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
  7. A sequence of statements consisting of axioms, assumptions, statements already demonstrated in another proof, and statements that logically follow from previous statements in the sequence, and which concludes with a statement that is the object of the proof.
  8. A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.
  9. Armour of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armour of proof.
  10. A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (no longer used). In the US, 100 proof means that the alcohol content is 50% of the total volume of the liquid; thus, absolute alcohol would be 200 proof.
verb
  1. To proofread.
  2. To make resistant, especially to water.
  3. To allow yeast-containing dough to rise.
  4. To test the activeness of yeast.
adjective
  1. Used in proving or testing.
    a proof load; a proof charge
  2. Firm or successful in resisting.
    proof against harm
  3. (of alcoholic liquors) Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.

Information about proof

  • The plural form of proof is: proofs.
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Hyphenation of proof

proof

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • proof is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

proof synonyms

Meaning validation:

validation, substantiation

Meaning proofread:

proofread

Translation of proof

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