evidence
//ˈɛv.ɪ.dəns//
Forms
- Plural
- evidences
- present (v1)
- evidence
- past (v2)
- evidenced
- past participle (v3)
- evidenced
- present participle
- evidencing
- 3rd person singular
- evidences
Definitions
1.Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
- There is no evidence that anyone was here earlier.
- We have enough cold hard evidence in that presentation which will make a world of pain for our parasitic friends at Antarctica.
2.Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
3.One who bears witness.
- He recapitulated the Sybil’s story word by word, with the air of a man who is cross-examining an evidence, and trying to make him contradict himself.
4.A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other.
1.To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of.
- She was furious, as evidenced by her slamming the door.
- "And I think we can do better, and we have to do better, because we need to evidence why public ownership of the railways is going to work for the people who use it.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #597
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English evidence
From Old French [Term?]
From Latin evidentia (“clearness, in Late Latin a proof”)
From evidens (“clear, evident”); see evident.