English Explanatory Dictionary

evidence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
  2. Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
  3. One who bears witness.
  4. A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other.
verb
  1. To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛv.ɪ.dəns/ /ˈɛv.ə.dəns/ [ˈɛv.ɪ.ɾɪns] [ˈɛv.ə.ɾɪns] en-us-evidence.ogg /ˈev.ɪ.dəns/

Word forms

evidence evidences evidencing evidenced

Etymology

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

Synonyms

attest testify witness

Related words

evident evidential evidentiary

Derived words

after-discovered evidence anecdotal evidence best evidence rule chain of evidence circumstantial evidence clear and convincing evidence counter-evidence counterevidence demurrer to evidence direct evidence empirical evidence evidence-based evidence-based medicine evidence-gathering evidenceless evidence tampering extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence hearsay evidence in evidence inevidence neuroevidence nonevidence preponderance of evidence preponderance of the evidence pseudoevidence self-evidence state's evidence turn king's evidence turn queen's evidence webidence evidenceable evidencer unevidenced
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