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How to pronounce proof in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms substantiation, validation
Type of finding, determination
Has types probate, certification, authentication, documentation, support, monetization, monetisation
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Synonyms cogent evidence
Type of grounds, evidence
Has types confirmation, check, substantiation, validation, verification, establishment


if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it.
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Synonyms test copy, trial impression
Type of impression, printing
Has types foundry proof, galley proof
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Synonyms proofread
Type of see, ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see to it


I should proofread my manuscripts.
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Type of change, alter, modify


proof yeast.
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Type of statement, argument
Has types logical proof, demonstration, monstrance, mathematical proof
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Type of amount, measure, quantity
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Type of print, photographic print
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Type of knead, work


proof dough.
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Type of produce, create, make
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Type of strengthen
Has types foolproof, bombproof, bulletproof, goof-proof, child-proof, childproof, fireproof, weatherproof, goofproof


proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer.
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temptation-proof.
childproof locks.

Examples of proof

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The collection is available to Madison County residents with proof of residency.
From the stltoday.com
Are there any additional proof or paper work that needs to be submitted with it?
From the washingtontimes.com
Those results, however, are not admissible in court as proof of drunken driving.
From the timesunion.com
This long-awaited proof means that scientists can now start solving the mystery.
From the kentucky.com
Tom Degler puts the finishing touches to one of his squirrel-proof bird feeders.
From the dailyherald.com
The cake must use King Arthur Flour and the UPC code will be required for proof.
From the dailyherald.com
With its health claims of five kinds of fiber, it was the perfect kid-proof box.
From the post-gazette.com
He's demanding to see its proof that the levees cannot contain a 100-year crest.
From the stltoday.com
You don't have to be 50, but you will need proof that it is really your big day.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • 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"
  • Make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset
  • Proof(p): (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand; "temptation-proof"; "childproof locks"
  • A formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
  • Knead to reach proper lightness; "proof dough"
  • A measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
  • Proof is a 1991 Australian comedy-drama film written and directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, and starring Hugo Weaving, Geneviu00E8ve Picot and Russell Crowe. The film was released in Australia on 15 August 1991...
  • Proof is a 2005 American drama film directed by John Madden and starring Anthony Hopkins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Hope Davis; it was written by Rebecca Miller, based on David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same title.
  • Alcohol proof is a measure of how much alcohol (ethanol) is contained in an alcoholic beverage. The term was originally used in the United Kingdom and was defined as 7/4 times the alcohol by volume (abv). The UK now uses the abv standard instead of alcohol proof. ...