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PROOF definition: 1. a fact or piece of information that shows that something exists or is true: 2. a printed copy…. Learn more.
1. a. : the cogency of evidence that compels acceptance by the mind of a truth or a fact. b. : the process or an instance of establishing the validity of a statement especially by derivation from other statements in accordance with principles of reasoning. 2. obsolete : experience. 3. : something that induces certainty or establishes validity. 4.
noun. evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth. Synonyms: support, corroboration, demonstration, confirmation. anything serving as such evidence: What proof do you have? the act of testing or making trial of anything; test; trial: to put a thing to the proof. Synonyms: assay, examination.
noun. 1. any evidence that establishes or helps to establish the truth, validity, quality, etc, of something. 2. law. the whole body of evidence upon which the verdict of a court is based. 3. mathematics, logic.
Proof is the evidence that shows something is true or valid. When you show the logical steps that take you from your hypothesis that the world is round to the conclusion that it is, you're formulating a proof.
Definition of proof noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. The evidence or argument that compels the mind to accept an assertion as true. 2. a. The validation of a proposition by application of specified rules, as of induction or deduction, to assumptions, axioms, and sequentially derived conclusions. b. A statement or argument used in such a validation. 3. a.
PROOF definition: 1. a fact or a piece of information that shows something exists or is true: 2. a printed copy of…. Learn more.
Proof definition: The evidence or argument that compels the mind to accept an assertion as true.
1. [noncount] : something which shows that something else is true or correct. The document was proof that her story was true. He claims that he was home when the murder was committed, but he has no proof. The photograph is proof positive [=definite proof] that the accident happened the way he described.
