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Meaning of evidence in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈɛvədəns/

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  1. 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. 2. provide evidence for

    Examples

    • « The blood test showed that he was the father »
    • « Her behavior testified to her incompetence »
  3. 3. give evidence

    Examples

    • « he was telling on all his former colleague »
  4. 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 »
  5. 2. an indication that makes something evident

    Examples

    • « his trembling was evidence of his fear »
  6. 3. (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved

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