| 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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