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proof English

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proof Noun

— Proof is evidence which shows something is correct. He has proof that he was not at the crime scene. A witness says that they were somewhere else. — A proof can show how a theorem is correct.

proof

— noun any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it — noun a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it — noun (printing) an impression made to check for errors — noun a trial photographic print from a negative — noun a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume) — verb make resistant (to harm) proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer — adjective (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand temptation-proof childproof locks — verb activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk proof yeast — verb knead to reach proper lightness proof dough — verb make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset — verb (= proofread) read for errors I should proofread my manuscripts — noun (= validation) the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something

Synonyms proof synonyms

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proof English » English

evidence testimony demonstration sign token test substantiation verification argument witness certificate attestation prove proofread exhibit confirmation certification trial testify testimonial testament reason proving print indication display authority according to warrant voucher validation trial impression test copy resistant reference probation ordeal mark justification instance impervious impenetrable identification grounds give evidence galley proof fact exposition exhibition excuse

Topics proof topics

What do people use proof to talk about?
Social behavior Law Trial

Investigate a crime
Daily life Food Types of food

Alcoholic beverage

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Language and thought Communication Say Debate

Demonstrate
Social behavior Law Trial

Accuse, confront
Social behavior Law Trial

Defend against accusation
Social behavior Conflict War

Weapon, shoot

Conjugation proof conjugation

How do you conjugate proof?

proof · verb

Examples proof examples

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Simple sentences

The proof is left to the reader.
What proof do you have that Tom was the one who stole your mother's necklace?
I have an evident proof.
I've got proof.
Don't you want proof?
They don't have proof.
People are often quite skeptical about things unless given believable proof.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
I have no proof to the contrary.
In order to buy a car, you must show the ward office proof of parking space.
He is proof against temptation.
It's so obvious we don't need proof.
Just as if that was proof that that English was correct.
The proof is trivial.
I've no proof to the contrary.
The proof is in the pudding.
An assertion isn't a proof.
They found no such proof.
The detective found absolute proof of the man's guilt.
In the absence of sufficient proof, the police could not indict him.
He paid all his debts, which is the proof of his honesty.
Also cracks may form in buildings that aren't Earthquake proof.
Is this cage shark-proof?
There is indisputable proof that Tom is the thief.
This is proof that you're the murderer.

Movie subtitles

You know, I wish I had physical proof of my mistakes.
It's hardly proof. Well, at least we have proof of one thing.
We have no proof of that.
We do, however, have proof of Peter's whereabouts the night of Evan's death.
You have no proof of that.
Compromised by her accomplice and lover Gurn in assassination of her husband lord Beltham, lady Beltham was discharged for lack of proof.
The Marquis becomes obsessed with finding proof.
The proof is overwhelming against Egon Stirner even though he still claims his innocence.
If I may, here's more proof.
I may be able to bring you proof. that the superstition of yesterday can become. the scientific reality of today.
And your proof?
Tonight you shall have your proof.
This is my proof.
He was proof that one could be a good Frenchman and a good a Muslim.
We brought you proof, research materials on The Blessed collected through the years.
Not that I have any proof.
So that makes this proof of your failure, then?
What proof does she have? Why should we believe her?
The fact that we are not satisfied with peasant girls and maidens, with merchants' daughters and hussies, that we choose the finest and prettiest, is a proof of our taste.
If you want to arrest him, give us proof!
Proof!
You can't convict her without proof.
I may be able to bring you proof that the superstition of yesterday can become the scientific reality of today.
It's very dangerous to accuse a woman who's so powerfully protected without proof.
I'll get that proof.
When the proof was filmed, was there any trap or conciliation from the current King?
Fire proof guaranteed.
I will now give you an even more fascinating proof.
No proof?
And I'll give them proof.
What's your proof?
So where is your proof?
Here's the headline proof on the Allenbury yarn.
We have proof for that in cold print.
The Huntsman has brought me proof.
I have proof.
You speak without proof.

News and current affairs

However, being radical does not necessarily mean being irrational, and revolutionary Iran has given frequent proof of its pragmatism.
President Barack Obama's election two years ago positively shocked Arabs and empowered Arab democrats, who saw it as proof of America's true democratic nature.
To their Arab spectators, grandstanding is almost as good a proof of leadership as actually doing something.
Israelis and Palestinians cannot find the way out alone, because neither side would dare to forcibly disarm its own extremists without absolute proof that the other side will do the same.
So it is fatuous for Israel's government to insist that the Palestinians disarm completely before the peace process can continue, when Palestinian moderates have no proof that Israel will withdraw to the pre-1967 boundaries.
He claimed that the ultimate proof of artificial intelligence would be met if a human interrogator were unable to figure out that he was conversing with a computer.
Like those regimes, whether fascist or communist, China's leaders have sought to transform public space and sporting events into visible proof of their fitness and mandate to rule.
Nor are the apparent exceptions proof to the contrary.
Of course, the democratic world cannot build a bomb-proof house.
As with any therapeutic intervention, the most convincing and direct proof of the preventive efficacy of antioxidant supplements requires randomized, controlled clinical trials.
A good doctor does not intervene arbitrarily in the body's processes, but only in cases where there is objective proof of a disease and an effective treatment can be prescribed.
In 1978, China's newly installed leader, Deng Xiaoping, viewed Singapore as living proof of the superiority of capitalism over communism.
Mexico provides further proof that the market alone is not enough.
Historical proof that globalization does not necessarily mean homogenization can be seen in Japan, a country that deliberately isolated itself from earlier waves of globalization.
The implication is that the economic logic equating automation with increased productivity has not been invalidated; its proof has merely been delayed.
The revised British law continues to place the burden of proof on the defense.
Meanwhile, the Gazprom office in central Belgrade offers a large, visible proof of Russia's energy presence in the country.
But the cost of such rigid rules may be high, and their effectiveness, as witnessed by the vagaries of the United States' record on human rights, is less fool-proof than is sometimes imagined.
The latest proof: Mauricio Funes, the standard bearer of the FMLN - until not long ago a Marxist guerilla movement - has just prevailed in El Salvador's presidential election.
The EU is not proof of the decay of the nation-state.
In some parts of Africa, cotton growers are expanding production, providing proof that if the US and Europe did somehow curtail their own cotton output, Africans could plug the gap.
American leaders will welcome her election as proof that the estrangement in bilateral relations is over.
PARIS: Brazil's currency devaluation earlier this year, and its difficulties since in stabilizing the real as well as its stock market, have demonstrated the importance, if any new proof was needed, of financial markets and their volatile mood swings.

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