evidence
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See also: évidence
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin evidentia (“clearness, in Late Latin a proof”), from evidens (“clear, evident”); see evident.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
evidence (usually uncountable, plural evidences)
- Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
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1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, The Celebrity:
- In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.
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2012 March 1, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 106:
- Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.
- There is no evidence that anyone was here earlier.
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- (law) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
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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.
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- One who bears witness.
- Sir Walter Scott
- infamous and perjured evidences
- Sir Walter Scott
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from "evidence"
Derived terms[edit]
- after-discovered evidence
- clear and convincing evidence
- demurrer to evidence
- preponderance of evidence, preponderance of the evidence
- self-evidence
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
facts presented in support of an assertion
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anything admitted by a court as proof
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Verb[edit]
evidence (third-person singular simple present evidences, present participle evidencing, simple past and past participle evidenced)
- (transitive) To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of.
- She was furious, as evidenced by her slamming the door.
Translations[edit]
to provide evidence
Quotations[edit]
- For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
External links[edit]
- evidence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- evidence in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Middle French[edit]
Noun[edit]
evidence f (plural evidences)
Descendants[edit]
- French: évidence
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