evidence

A2 Topic:Crime & Justice

US [ˈɛv.ɪ.ɾɪns] UK /ˈɛv.ɪ.dəns/ See IPA manual

Freq #754

Meanings

1

noun
Facts or signs that show whether something is true or real.

There is no evidence that anyone was here earlier.
2

noun
The information used in a court of law to prove or disprove the facts of a case.

The police presented new evidence at the trial.
3

verb
To show or prove that something is true.

She was furious, as evidenced by the way she slammed the door.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · facts or signs that show... grounds

3 verb · to show or prove that... attest show testify

Word family

Forms evidencedevidencesevidencing

Derived forms counter-evidencecounterevidenceevidence-basedevidence-gatheringevidencelessinevidenceneuroevidencenonevidencepseudoevidenceself-evidencewebidence

Related forms evident evidentialevidentiary

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Phrases (13)

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clear evidence
evidence that is unambiguous and straightforward to interpret

Adjective + noun
scientific evidence
evidence produced by systematic scientific investigation and peer review

Adjective + noun
strong evidence
evidence that is convincing and difficult to dispute

Adjective + noun
find evidence
to discover evidence of something

Verb + noun
gather evidence
to collect evidence systematically from multiple sources

Verb + noun
present evidence
to formally show or submit evidence to an audience or authority

Verb + noun

Proverbs (3)

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Simplified etymology

Evidence came through Old French from Latin evidentia, based on evident-, “obvious to the eye or mind.” That form combines e-, a variant of ex- meaning “out,” with videre, “to see.”

Etymology

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

*weyd- Proto-Indo-European evidence Middle English evidentia Latin

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Topics

Crime & Justice Philosophy & Reasoning

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# evidence

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** [ˈɛv.ɪ.ɾɪns]
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɛv.ɪ.dəns/
**Frequency rank:** 754

## Meanings
1. Facts or signs that show whether something is true or real.
2. The information used in a court of law to prove or disprove the facts of a case.
3. To show or prove that something is true.

## Examples
- There is no evidence that anyone was here earlier.
- The police presented new evidence at the trial.
- She was furious, as evidenced by the way she slammed the door.

## Derived Forms
- counter-evidence
- counterevidence
- evidence-based
- evidence-gathering
- evidenceless
- inevidence
- neuroevidence
- nonevidence
- pseudoevidence
- self-evidence
- webidence

## Related Forms
- evident
- evidential
- evidentiary

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *weyd-
- Root: evidence
- Root: evidentia

## Etymology
From Middle English evidence, from Old French [Term?], from Latin evidentia (“clearness, in Late Latin a proof”), from evidens (“clear, evident”); see evident.

## AI Etymology
Evidence comes from Middle English evidence, from Old French, from Latin evidentia (“clearness, in Late Latin a proof”), from evidens (“clear, evident”); see evident. In current use, the main senses are “Facts or signs that show whether something is true or real” and “The information used in a court of law to prove or disprove the facts of a case”.

## Topics
- Crime & Justice
- Philosophy & Reasoning

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