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Plural of proof

regular plural

The plural of proof is proofs.

Forms of proof

Singularproof /pɹuːf/
Pluralproofs /pɹuːfs/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Proofs in a sentence

  • Only formal proofs, which derive theorems logically from their given axioms, are considered satisfactory in modern mathematics.From the entry formal
  • A: I noticed a minor typo in the proofs just now, but I think they're already doing the make-ready on the press. B: Time to let sleeping dogs lie then.From the entry let sleeping dogs lie
  • Jekyll part) and the strange world of geometry proofs (the Mr.2011, Mark Ryan, Geometry Essentials For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 5. From the entry Jekyll and Hyde
  • These are used as modules in existence proofs for GOE's within various rectangles, some quite cozy.1991 March 28, Bill Gosper, “on Life (and Death)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet). From the entry goe
  • Sweet mother of Moses! she thought, viciously whacking apart Lorna Peterson’s latest bunch of proofs.1947, Marjorie Holmes, Ten O’clock Scholar, J.B. Lippincott Company, page 15. From the entry sweet mother of Moses

Meaning of proof

  1. noun An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
  2. noun The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.
  3. noun The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.

Full definition of proof

Questions about the plural of proof

What is the plural of proof?
The plural of proof is proofs.
Is proof countable?
Proof is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: proof (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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