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worldproof

worldproof verb: to make resistant to the various risks and hazards that may be encountered in the world.

Verb

worldproof (third-person singular simple present worldproofs, present participle worldproofing, simple past and past participle worldproofed)

  1. (rare, transitive) To make resistant to the various risks and hazards that may be encountered in the world.
    • So, since you can't kidproof the world, you do your best to worldproof the kid.2012, Carlo Rotella, Playing in Time: Essays, Profiles, and Other True Stories, page 114
    • Their task was a remarkable one: to world-proof the inventory of the military. To make sure that objects didn't stop working whenever they moved.2019, Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire

Forms of worldproof

third-person singular presentworldproofs
present participleworldproofing
past participleworldproofed
pastworldproofed

Origin of worldproof

From world + -proof.

Questions about worldproof

What does worldproof mean?
Worldproof means to make resistant to the various risks and hazards that may be encountered in the world.
What part of speech is worldproof?
Worldproof is a verb.
What is the past tense of worldproof?
The past tense of worldproof is worldproofed.

Words near worldproof in the dictionary

  1. worldmakers
  2. worldmaking
  3. worldmate
  4. worldmates
  5. worldness
  6. worldproof
  7. worldproofed
  8. worldproofing
  9. worldproofs
  10. worldquake
  11. worldquakes

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