absolute proof
collocation in Englishmeaningsofabsoluteandproof
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absolute
adjective
uk/ˈæb.sə.luːt/us/ˈæb.sə.luːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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proof
noun
uk/pruːf/us/pruːf/
a fact or piece of information that shows that something exists or ...
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(Definition ofabsoluteandprooffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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And evidence is not the same asabsoluteproof.
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By and large, the evidence supported this view, although there was noabsoluteproof.
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There is noabsoluteproof.
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That is capable ofabsoluteproof.
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He did not establishabsoluteproof.
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I am not concluding that this isabsoluteproof.
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There can be noabsoluteproofor disproof.
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So it should—it providesabsoluteproofof legal entitlement.
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Oftenabsoluteproofcannot be brought forward in such cases.
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That really is demanding mathematical andabsoluteproof.
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I do not contend that we haveabsoluteproof.
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No one asks forabsoluteproofat that stage.
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There are sufficient indications that the convention was understood and used as such, without providingabsoluteproofof its conscious adoption.
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All the evidence reviewed here is circumstantial, and no single finding can likely be taken asabsoluteproofeither for or against the developmental nature of schizophrenia.
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I have givenabsoluteproofthat here it is being defied in a very serious fashion.
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There is a divergence of opinion becauseabsoluteproofis almost impossible to obtain.
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I can giveabsoluteproofthat that is not the case.
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Whatabsoluteproofdid he have between 1974 and last year that is absent today?
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I am saying that few scientists would say that there isabsoluteproof.
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However, as with many other arguments over this issue, noabsoluteproofcan be obtained.
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Noabsoluteprooffor or against capital punishment can be obtained from figures.
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It is a monstrous thing to say, unless he can give meabsoluteproof.
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I am not prepared to wait so long forabsoluteproof.
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I haveabsoluteproofof what is going on: it is going on in my family.
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One could not use that procedure unless the individual hadabsoluteproofof identity.
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