evidence

See also évidence

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛvɪdəns/, /ˈɛvədəns/

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Noun

evidence (usually uncountable; plural evidences)

1. Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.

   There is no evidence that anyone was here earlier.

2. (law) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
   • 2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, The Scotsman:

     For Lothian and Borders Police, the early-morning raid had come at the end one of biggest investigations carried out by the force, which had originally presented a dossier of evidence on the murder of Jodi Jones to the Edinburgh procurator-fiscal, William Gallagher, on 25 November last year.

Derived terms

Terms derived from "evidence"

anecdotal evidence circumstantial evidence

evidence-based medicine

hearsay evidence

Derived terms

• after-discovered evidence
• clear and convincing evidence
• demurrer to evidence
• preponderance of evidence, preponderance of the evidence
• self-evidence

Related terms

• evident
• evidential

Translations

facts presented in support of an assertion

Bengali: প্রমাণ (bn) Bulgarian: доказателство (bg) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 證據 (cmn), 证据 (cmn) (zhèngjù) Czech: důkaz (cs) m. Danish: bevis (da) n. Dutch: bewijs (nl) n. Finnish: osoitus, näyttö, todiste French: preuve (fr) f. German: Beweis (de) m., Indiz (de) n. Greek: απόδειξη (el) (apóðiksi) f., τεκμήριο (el) (tekmírio) n. Hungarian: bizonyíték (hu)

Interlingua: evidentia (ia) Japanese: 証拠 (ja) (しょうこ, shōko) Norwegian: bevis (no) n., evidens (no) n. Polish: dowód (pl) m. Portuguese: evidência (pt) f. Russian: доказательство (ru) (dokazátelʹstvo) n., свидетельство (ru) (svidételʹstvo) n. Scottish Gaelic: dearbhadh (gd) m., fianais (gd) f. Spanish: evidencia (es) f. Telugu: సాక్ష్యం (te) (saakshyam) Thai: ข้อพิสูจน์ (th) (kôr písòot)

anything admitted by a court as proof

Bulgarian: доказателство (bg) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 證據 (cmn), 证据 (cmn) (zhèngjù) Danish: vidneudsagn n., vidneforklaring c. ( both: spoken evidence), bevismateriale n. (artifacts) Dutch: bewijs (nl) n. Finnish: näyttö (fi), todiste (fi), todistusaineisto (fi) German: Beweismittel (de) f., Indiz (de) n. Greek: πειστήριο (el) (pistírio) n., κατάθεση (el) (katáθesi) f. Interlingua: proba, prova (ia)

Japanese: 証拠 (ja) (しょうこ, shōko) Norwegian: vitneutsagn (no) n., vitneforklaring (no) c. ( both: spoken evidence), bevismateriale (no) n. (artifacts) Polish: dowód (pl) m. Portuguese: evidência (pt) f. Russian: улика (ru) (ulíka) f. Scottish Gaelic: dearbhadh (gd) m., fianais (gd) f. Spanish: prueba (es) f. Telugu: సాక్షాధారము (te) (sakshadharamu) Thai: หลักฐาน (th) (làk tăan)

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French: preuve f. Hebrew: ראיה (he) (r"aya) Spanish: evidencia f.

Verb

evidence (third-person singular simple present evidences, present participle evidencing, simple past and past participle evidenced)

1. (transitive) To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of.

   She was furious, as evidenced by her slamming the door.

Translations

to provide evidence

Bulgarian: доказвам (bg) Danish: vidne, godtgøre, bevise Finnish: näyttää (fi), osoittaa (fi)

Interlingua: evidentiar (ia) Norwegian: vitne (no), bevise (no) Spanish: evidenciar (es)

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

External links

• evidence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• evidence in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Middle French

Noun

evidence f. (plural evidences)

1. evidence

Descendants

• French: évidence