Phrase Hound found 134 phrases and 371 compound words that contain proof. The most common are listed below. Open proof in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 134
- proof of workA form of cryptographic proof in which a prover proves to verifiers that a certain amount of a specific computational effort has been expended.
- burden of proofThe duty of a party in a legal proceeding to prove an assertion of fact; it includes both the burden of production and the burden of persuasion; the onus probandi.
- proof of lifeProof that a hostage is still alive.
- proof of paymentA document, such as a receipt or bank statement, that acts as evidence of someone having paid for something.
- proof of purchaseA document that acts as evidence of someone having bought something, such as a receipt.
- proof of conceptA short and/or incomplete realization of a certain method or idea to demonstrate its feasibility.
- living proofA real-life person or thing which demonstrates the validity of a hypothesis.
- proof of deliveryA document that substantiates that a carrier has satisfied its terms of a contract of carriage for cargo by confirmation of the recipient or consignee.
- offer of proofAn attorney's explanation to a judge during trial to show why a question which has been objected to as immaterial or irrelevant will lead to evidence of value to proving the case of the lawyer's client.
- bullet-proofAlternative spelling of bulletproof (all senses)
- future proofAlternative spelling of future-proof.
- proof systemA set of axioms and a set of inference rules which are jointly used to deduce tautologies, thereby providing proofs of them.
- proof gameA chess game starting from the initial position which results in a particular position appearing on the board, associated with retrograde analysis problems.
- proof spiritA mixture of alcohol and water used as a standard for distilled drinks.
- quantum-proofTo make quantum-resistant ("unable to be easily deciphered by a quantum computer").
- zero-knowledge proofAn interactive method for one party to prove to another that a (usually mathematical) statement is true, without revealing anything other than the veracity of the statement.
- burdens of proofplural of burden of proof: The duty of a party in a legal proceeding to prove an assertion of fact; it includes both the burden of production and the burden of persuasion; the onus probandi.
- proof by contradictionThe proof of a statement adduced by deriving a contradiction from the statement's negation.
- proof positiveOverwhelming or definitive proof.
- proof-readAlternative spelling of proofread: To check a written text for errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation.
- galley proofA trial page or proof of continuous text that has not been divided into pages.
- offers of proofplural of offer of proof: An attorney's explanation to a judge during trial to show why a question which has been objected to as immaterial or irrelevant will lead to evidence of value to proving the case of the lawyer's client.
- negative proofA fallacious judgment that, because a premise cannot be proven true, that premise must be false.
- page proofA trial page or proof that has been made up into pages.
- proof gamesplural of proof game: A chess game starting from the initial position which results in a particular position appearing on the board, associated with retrograde analysis problems.
Compound words 371
- waterproofResistant to the effects of water.
- proofreadTo check a written text for errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation.
- proofreaderA person who proofreads.
- dustproofResistant to dust.
- frostproofResistant to frost.
- disproofA refutation.
- fogproofResistant to fogging up.
- crushproofStrong enough to resist being deformed or crushed when subjected to more than normal physical stress or pressure.
- overproofPossessing a higher proportion of alcohol than proof spirit.
- misproofA mathematical proof that contains logical errors.