actual proof

collocation in English

meaningsofactualandproof

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actual
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/
existing ...
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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 ofactualandprooffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofactual proof

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They reduce the amount of memory needed by anactualproof-checker to check a development.
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A statement is a very different thing fromactualproof.
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Those words come from theactualproofhouse.
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We do not provide theactualproofof well-posedness in this paper, since the proof is routine once we have established the energy estimate.
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There are cases in whichactualproofcannot be given either one way or the other.
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That is simply claiming the right; it should not beactualproofof that right.
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We cannot convince those who are naturally opposed to us that the will is there unless they seeactualproofof that will.
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I have never seen theactualproof; but there is no doubt that when they did rise they got themselves effectively destroyed.
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However, there is noactualproofthat singers performed without vibrato in the baroque era.
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Wt do not ask them to come forward withactualproofto show that certain ships went down in consequence of the alteration in the load line.
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I think that in some cases, where there has beenactualproofthat the goods should not have been in the building for sale, they have been withdrawn.
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Every refugee who was present is convinced from the demeanour of the looters that the whole affair was planned in advance, thoughactualproofis elusive.
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However,actualproofthat there are only three kinds of neutrinos remains an elusive goal of particle physics.
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However,actualprooffor the efficacy of these phage approaches in the field or the hospital is not available.
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Inactualproofit works out much fairer, and it gives a very fair result as to the respective proportion of abnormal unemployment where the female element comes in.
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