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proof

The correct spelling is proof.

How to pronounce proof

/pɹʉːf/
noun

IPA: /pɹʉːf/

Say it like: Proo-f

The correct spelling is proof. An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial. For example: "a proof load; a proof charge"

Usage Examples

a proof load; a proof charge

proof against harm

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
  2. 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. 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. 4.Experience of something.
  5. 5.Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.

verb

  1. 1.To proofread.
  2. 2.To make resistant, especially to water.
  3. 3.To allow yeast-containing dough to rise.
  4. 4.To test the activeness of yeast.

adjective

  1. 1.Used in proving or testing.
  2. 2.Firm or successful in resisting.
  3. 3.(of alcoholic liquors) Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.

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