PROOF


Meaning of PROOF in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ clear , convincing , direct , good , positive , real

|Do you have positive ~ that she took the money?

We have ~ positive that he is in hiding.

I have no real ~ that he was in the country at the time.

▪ concrete , empirical , solid , tangible

▪ absolute , conclusive , definitive , incontrovertible , irrefutable

▪ ample , sufficient

▪ further

▪ final , ultimate

The photo was final ~ of her husband's infidelity.

▪ documentary , written

▪ photographic

▪ legal

▪ scientific

▪ formal , mathematical

▪ living

I am living ~ that the treatment works.

VERB + PROOF

▪ be , constitute

▪ have

▪ give sb , offer (sb) , present (sb with) , produce , provide (sb with) , show (sb)

▪ find , get , obtain , see

▪ need , require

▪ demand , want

PREPOSITION

▪ without ~

He is unlikely to make wild accusations without ~.

▪ ~ of

Her account gives us no concrete ~ of his guilt.

PHRASES

▪ the burden of ~ , the onus of ~

The burden of ~ lies on us to prove negligence.

▪ a lack of ~

The men were acquitted for lack of ~.

▪ ~ of identity , ~ of purchase

Proof of purchase must be provided before a refund can be made.

▪ a standard of ~ ( law )

Civil proceedings require a lower standard of ~ than criminal cases.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .