Evidence Definition

ĕvĭ-dəns
evidenced, evidences, evidencing
noun
evidences
A thing or set of things helpful in forming a conclusion or judgment.
The broken window was evidence that a burglary had taken place. Scientists weighed the evidence for and against the hypothesis.
American Heritage
The condition of being evident.
Webster's New World
Something that makes another thing evident; indication; sign.
Webster's New World
Something that tends to prove; ground for belief.
Webster's New World
The means by which an allegation may be proven, such as oral testimony, documents, or physical objects.
American Heritage
verb
evidenced, evidences, evidencing
To make evident; indicate; show.
Webster's New World
To bear witness to; attest.
Webster's New World
To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of.
She was furious, as evidenced by her slamming the door.
Wiktionary
Antonyms:
idiom
in evidence
  • Plainly visible; to be seen:

    It was early, and few pedestrians were in evidence on the city streets.

  • As legal evidence:

    submitted the photograph in evidence.

American Heritage
in evidence
  • plainly visible or perceptible
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Evidence

Noun

Singular:
evidence
Plural:
evidences

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Evidence

Origin of Evidence

  • From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin evidentia (“clearness, in Late Latin a proof”), from evidens (“clear, evident”); see evident.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Late Latin ēvidentia from Latin ēvidēns ēvident- obvious evident

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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