definite proof

collocation in English

meaningsofdefiniteandproof

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definite
adjective
uk
/ˈdef.ɪ.nət/us
/ˈdef.ən.ət/
fixed, certain, ...
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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 ofdefiniteandprooffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The result of such a system is that anyone is free to exercise his wildest imagination relative to mathematics, without offering adefiniteproofof anything.
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It is for this reason that copies of the 1689 documents which offer a matrilineal genealogy are better not used asdefiniteproofthat matrilineages existed at that time.
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But we so often tend to wait until we have adefiniteproofbefore we appreciate the real danger.
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Definiteproofof their delivery is not yet available.
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May it not be adefiniteproofof the sanity of these people if they refuse to go into these institutions?
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There isdefiniteproof, therefore, that this reduction in benefits will not achieve the purpose that it is said it will achieve.
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There isdefiniteproofthat more applications for grants have been refused than have been granted.
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But there is nodefiniteproofeither way for him to look into the future.
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Definiteproofmay be given in one instance, but not in all cases.
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Therefore, we havedefiniteproofthat the lowering of the assessments has not resulted in any increase of rent.
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This may have been caused by the take-off, but there is nodefiniteproofof that.
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But we have nodefiniteproofas to their exact origin as yet.
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I am strongly in favour where there isdefiniteproof.
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I think there isdefiniteproofthat stocks are being seriously affected now.
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On the other hand, you have to have a certaindefiniteproof.
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That isdefiniteproofof what can be done with our available manpower forces when given adequate and proper mechanical aids.
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There is subjective evidence on both sides of the case and nodefiniteproofon either side.
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I heard last night programmes which weredefiniteproofand evidence that that culture is not synthetic and is not unnatural.
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They say thatdefiniteproofis not needed and that a reasonable presumption of a casual connection between vaccination and damage would suffice.
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In this case it is only to be paid afterdefiniteproofthat certain things have been done.
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