re-proof

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [rey proof]
- /reɪ pruf/
- /riː pruːf/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [rey proof]
- /reɪ pruf/

Definitions of re-proof word

noun re-proof evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth. 1
noun re-proof anything serving as such evidence: What proof do you have? 1
noun re-proof the act of testing or making trial of anything; test; trial: to put a thing to the proof. 1
noun re-proof the establishment of the truth of anything; demonstration. 1
noun re-proof Law. (in judicial proceedings) evidence having probative weight. 1
noun re-proof the effect of evidence in convincing the mind. 1

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Origin of re-proof

First appearance:

before 1175

One of the 8% oldest English words

1175-1225; Middle English prove, prooff, prof, proufe, alteration (by association with the vowel of prove) of preove, proeve, prieve, pref < Middle French preve, proeve, prueve < Late Latin proba a test, akin to Latin probāre to test and find good; cf. pree

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Parts of speech for Re-proof

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re-proof popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".