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say it: proof
proof is a noun, verb and adjective meaning "any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something". It carries 12 recorded senses.
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”
a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
logic · mathematics
a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
(printing) an impression made to check for errors
printing
a trial photographic print from a negative
the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset
make resistant (to harm)
“proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer”
(used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand
“temptation-proof”
“childproof locks”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for proof come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.