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How to pronounce proof
Say it like this: /pɹuːf/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does proof mean?
nounAn effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
“I need proof of your unconditional love. Lend me some dough.”
The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence;
“I'll have some proof.”
The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
adjUsed in proving or testing.
“a proof load; a proof charge”
Firm or successful in resisting.
“proof against harm”
Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.
“60% proof liquor”
verbTo proofread.
To make resistant, especially to water.
To test-fire with a load considerably more powerful than the firearm in question's rated maximum chamber pressure, in order to establish the firearm's ability to withstand pressures well in excess of
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