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Meaning of evidence in English
Pronunciation
/ˈɛvədəns/
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Verb
evidence
Definitions
1.
provide evidence for
Examples
« stand as proof of »
« show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes »
« His high fever attested to his illness »
« The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication »
« This decision demonstrates his se »
2.
provide evidence for
Examples
« The blood test showed that he was the father »
« Her behavior testified to her incompetence »
3.
give evidence
Examples
« he was telling on all his former colleague »
Noun
evidence
Etymology
Middle English: via Old French from Latin evidentia, from evident-‘obvious to the eye or mind’ (see evident)
Definitions
1.
your basis for belief or disbelief
Examples
« knowledge on which to base belief »
« the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling »
2.
an indication that makes something evident
Examples
« his trembling was evidence of his fear »
3.
(law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved