evident

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Easy to see or understand; clearly true.

   It was evident that she was angry after she slammed the door.

2. 2
   adj

   Able to be seen or noticed.

   The damage from the storm was evident all along the coast.

From Middle English evident, from Old French evident, from Latin ēvidēns (“visible, apparent, clear, plain”) (compare Late Latin ēvideor (“to appear plainly”)), from ē (“out”) + videō (“see”), present participle vidēns, deponent videor (“to appear, seem”). Displaced native Old English sweotol.

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