NOUN | cognition | proof, cogent evidence | any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something |
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communication | proof | a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it | |
quantity | proof | a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume) | |
communication | proof, test copy, trial impression | (printing) an impression made to check for errors | |
artifact | proof | a trial photographic print from a negative | |
act | proof, validation, substantiation | the act of validating | |
VERB | creation | proof | make or take a proof / proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset |
contact | proof | knead to reach proper lightness | |
cognition | proof, proofread | read for errors | |
change | proof | activate by mixing / mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk | |
change | proof | make resistant (to harm) | |
ADJECTIVE | all | proof | (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand |
Sounds | pruw'f | |
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Rhymes | aloof ... woof: 16 rhymes with uwf... |
Meaning | (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand. | |
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Broader | impervious, imperviable | not admitting of passage / passage or capable of being affected |
Meaning | Any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something. | |
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Example | "if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it" | |
Synonym | cogent evidence | |
Narrower | confirmation, verification, check, substantiation | 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 | |
Broader | evidence, grounds | Your basis for belief or disbelief |
Catalan | prova |
Meaning | A formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it. | |
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Category | logic | The branch of philosophy that analyzes inference |
mathematics, math, maths | A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic / logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | |
Narrower | 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 | |
Broader | argument, statement | A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true |
Spanish | prueba | |
Catalan | prova |
Meaning | A measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume). | |
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Broader | measure, quantity, amount | How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify |
Meaning | (printing) an impression made to check for errors. | |
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Synonyms | test copy, trial impression | |
Category | printing, printing process | reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication |
Narrower | foundry proof | A proof taken from a form before duplicate plates are made |
galley proof | A proof taken before the type is broken up to print pages | |
Broader | impression, printing | All the copies of a work printed at one time |
Spanish | galeradas, galeras, prueba de galeras, prueba de impresión | |
Verbs | proof | read for errors |
proof | make or take a proof / proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset |
Meaning | A trial photographic print from a negative. | |
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Broader | photographic print, print | A printed picture produced from a photographic negative |
Spanish | prueba | |
Verbs | proof | make or take a proof / proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset |
Meaning | The act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something. | |
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Synonyms | validation, substantiation | |
Narrower | authentication, certification | validating the authenticity of something or someone |
documentation, support | documentary validation | |
monetization, monetisation | 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 / accord with legal requirements | |
Broader | determination, finding | The act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation |
Spanish | validación, verificación | |
Catalan | validació, verificació |
Meaning | make or take a proof / proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | produce, make, create | create or manufacture a man-made product |
Spanish | sacar una muestra | |
Nouns | proof | a trial photographic print from a negative |
proof | (printing) an impression made to check for errors |
Meaning | knead to reach proper lightness. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "proof dough" | |
Broader | knead, work | make uniform |
Meaning | read for errors. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "I should proofread my manuscripts" | |
Synonym | proofread | |
Entails | read | interpret something that is written or printed |
Broader | see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure | Be careful or certain to do something |
Spanish | corregir, revisar | |
Catalan | corregir, revisar | |
Nouns | proof | (printing) an impression made to check for errors |
Meaning | activate by mixing / mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "proof yeast" | |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Meaning | make resistant (to harm). | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer" | |
Narrower | bombproof | make safe against bombings |
bulletproof | make bulletproof | |
child-proof, childproof | make safe against children | |
fireproof | make resistant to fire / fire | |
goofproof, goof-proof, foolproof | proof against human misuse or error | |
weatherproof | make resistant to bad weather | |
Broader | strengthen | gain strength |
Spanish | hacer resistente, impermeabilizar | |
Catalan | impermeabilitzar |
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