PROOF
What does "PROOF" mean?
Evidence or reasoning that establishes the truth of something beyond doubt.
Meanings
- Facts or arguments that establish that something is true. The receipt is proof that she paid in full.
- A logical or mathematical demonstration that a statement is necessarily true. His proof of the theorem ran to forty pages. technical
- A trial print of text or an image, made for checking before final printing. The author marked corrections on the galley proof. technical
- A measure of the alcoholic strength of a spirit. This whiskey is bottled at 100 proof.
- Able to resist or withstand something, as in 'waterproof'. The jacket is proof against the heaviest rain.
Did you know?
- In the US, a spirit's 'proof' is simply twice its alcohol percentage - so 80-proof gin is 40% alcohol - a system born from old tests of whether gunpowder soaked in liquor would still ignite.
Word origin
From Old French 'preuve' (a test, proof), from Late Latin 'proba', from Latin 'probare' (to test, prove); related to 'probe' and 'probable'.
Remember it
PROOF shares its root with PROVE and PROBE - all from Latin 'probare', to test.
A little poem
The math, the page, the burning spirit's strength-
each calls itself a proof at its own length;
each asks the same hard thing: withstand the test.
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Wordplay
- The mathematician ordered a whiskey and asked for the proof. The bartender thought he wanted to see the receipt.
What it teaches
Proof is just a test that survived; demand it of your beliefs before life does.
Quick facts
What does PROOF mean?
Evidence or reasoning that establishes the truth of something beyond doubt.
Is PROOF a valid word?
Yes — PROOF is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PROOF?
PROOF has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does PROOF come from?
From Old French 'preuve' (a test, proof), from Late Latin 'proba', from Latin 'probare' (to test, prove); related to 'probe' and 'probable'.
What can PROOF teach us?
Proof is just a test that survived; demand it of your beliefs before life does.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.