evident

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links

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[edit] Etymology

< Middle English < Old French < Latin evidens (“‘visible, apparent, clear, plain’”) (cf. Late Latin evideri (“‘to appear plainly’”)) < Latin e (“‘out’”) + videre (“‘see’”), ppr. videns, deponent videri (“‘to appear, seem’”).

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[edit] Adjective

evident (comparative more evident, superlative most evident)

1. obviously true by simple observation

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

[edit] Derived terms

• self-evident

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• evidence
• evidential

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