Dictionary entry details
• PROOF (noun)
Meaning:
Any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
cogent evidence; proof
Context example:
if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it
Hypernyms ("proof" is a kind of...):
evidence; grounds (your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "proof"):
check; confirmation; substantiation; verification (additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct)
establishment; validation (the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof)
Meaning:
A formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("proof" is a kind of...):
argument; statement (a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "proof"):
demonstration; monstrance (proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion)
logical proof (proof of a logical theorem)
mathematical proof (proof of a mathematical theorem)
Meaning:
A measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("proof" is a kind of...):
amount; measure; quantity (how much there is of something that you can quantify)
Meaning:
(printing) an impression made to check for errors
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
test copy; trial impression; proof
Hypernyms ("proof" is a kind of...):
impression; printing (all the copies of a work printed at one time)
Domain category:
printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "proof"):
galley proof (a proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages)
foundry proof (a proof taken from a form before duplicate plates are made)
Meaning:
A trial photographic print from a negative
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("proof" is a kind of...):
photographic print; print (a printed picture produced from a photographic negative)
Meaning:
The act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
validation; substantiation; proof
Hypernyms ("proof" is a kind of...):
determination; finding (the act of determining the properties of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "proof"):
authentication; certification (validating the authenticity of something or someone)
documentation; support (documentary validation)
monetisation; monetization (establishing something (e.g. gold or silver) as the legal tender of a country)
probate (the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements)
• PROOF (adjective)
Meaning:
(used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand
Context examples:
temptation-proof / childproof locks
Similar:
imperviable; impervious (not admitting of passage or capable of being affected)
• PROOF (verb)
Meaning:
Make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "proof" is one way to...):
create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Knead to reach proper lightness
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
proof dough
Hypernyms (to "proof" is one way to...):
knead; work (make uniform)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Read for errors
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
proofread; proof
Context example:
I should proofread my manuscripts
Hypernyms (to "proof" is one way to...):
ascertain; assure; check; control; ensure; insure; see; see to it (be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something)
"Proof" entails doing...:
read (interpret something that is written or printed)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
proof yeast
Hypernyms (to "proof" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make resistant (to harm)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer
Hypernyms (to "proof" is one way to...):
strengthen (gain strength)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "proof"):
bombproof (make safe against bombings)
bulletproof (make bulletproof)
child-proof; childproof (make safe against children)
foolproof; goof-proof; goofproof (proof against human misuse or error)
fireproof (make resistant to fire)
weatherproof (make resistant to bad weather)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
