evidence
[ev-i-duhns]
- that which tends to prove or disprove something; ground for belief; proof.
- something that makes plain or clear; an indication or sign: His flushed look was visible evidence of his fever.
- Law. data presented to a court or jury in proof of the facts in issue and which may include the testimony of witnesses, records, documents, or objects.
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- to make evident or clear; show clearly; manifest: He evidenced his approval by promising his full support.
- to support by evidence: He evidenced his accusation with incriminating letters.
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- in evidence, plainly visible; conspicuous: The first signs of spring are in evidence.
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Origin of evidence
Synonyms
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3. Evidence, exhibit, testimony, proof refer to information furnished in a legal investigation to support a contention. Evidence is any information so given, whether furnished by witnesses or derived from documents or from any other source: Hearsay evidence is not admitted in a trial. An exhibit in law is a document or article that is presented in court as evidence: The signed contract is Exhibit A. Testimony is usually evidence given by witnesses under oath: The jury listened carefully to the testimony. Proof is evidence that is so complete and convincing as to put a conclusion beyond reasonable doubt: proof of the innocence of the accused.
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Contemporary Examples
But sources said that the evidence so far is pointing away from an ISIS connection.
And the fact that satire unnerves the intolerant is evidence of its positive power.
Is it sort of evidence of the Gladwellian 10,000 hours theory?
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s GreatnessMarlow Stern
January 7, 2015
Evidence is piling up that as men do more of the caregiving, violence against women falls.
The third problem is the evidence of corroborating witnesses.
Historical Examples
I have no evidence, except your word, that any such letter has been received.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
It is now, as is notorious, more in evidence than ever before.
'Tis Sixty Years SinceCharles Francis Adams
Hawarden library gave every evidence of being for use, and not show.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
I ask our youngest citizens to believe the evidence of your eyes.
The evidence didn't seem to be quite enough for some of them, after all.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
evidence
- ground for belief or disbelief; data on which to base proof or to establish truth or falsehood
- a mark or sign that makes evident; indicationhis pallor was evidence of ill health
- law matter produced before a court of law in an attempt to prove or disprove a point in issue, such as the statements of witnesses, documents, material objects, etcSee also circumstantial evidence, direct evidence
- turn queen's evidence, turn king's evidence or turn state's evidence (of an accomplice) to act as witness for the prosecution and testify against those associated with him in crime
- in evidence on display; apparent; conspicuousher new ring was in evidence
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- to make evident; show clearly
- to give proof of or evidence for
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Word Origin and History for evidence
n.
c.1300, "appearance from which inferences may be drawn," from Old French evidence, from Late Latin evidentia "proof," originally "distinction, clearness," from Latin evidentem (see evident).
Meaning "ground for belief" is from late 14c., that of "obviousness" is 1660s. Legal senses are from c.1500, when it began to oust witness. As a verb, from c.1600. Related: Evidenced; evidencing.
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Idioms and Phrases with evidence
evidence
see in evidence; much in evidence.
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