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The correct spelling is proof.
How to pronounce proof
/pɹʉːf/
nounIPA: /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.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.
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.
- 2.Firm or successful in resisting.
- 3.(of alcoholic liquors) Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.
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