evident

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈɛv.ə.dənt/ UK /ˈɛv.ɪ.dənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #14793

Meanings

1

adj
Easy to see or understand; clearly true.

It was evident that she was angry after she slammed the door.
2

adj
Able to be seen or noticed.

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

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Synonyms

1 adj · easy to see or understand;... apparent clear obvious plain conspicuous

2 adj · able to be seen or noticed. discernible

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clearly evident
easy to notice or recognize without uncertainty

Adverb + adjective

Etymology

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.

evident Middle English ēvidēns Latin

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# evident

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈɛv.ə.dənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɛv.ɪ.dənt/
**Frequency rank:** 14793

## Meanings
1. Easy to see or understand; clearly true.
2. Able to be seen or noticed.

## Examples
- It was evident that she was angry after she slammed the door.
- The damage from the storm was evident all along the coast.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: evident
- Root: ēvidēns

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Evident comes 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. In current use, the main senses are “Easy to see or understand; clearly true” and “Able to be seen or noticed”.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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