American English pronunciation
How to pronounce evidence
IPA transcription: ['ɛvədəns]
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Noun
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your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
“the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling”
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an indication that makes something evident
“his trembling was evidence of his fear”
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(law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved
Verb
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provide evidence for
“The blood test showed that he was the father”
“Her behavior testified to her incompetence”
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provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
“His high fever attested to his illness”
“The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication”
“This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness”
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give evidence
“he was telling on all his former colleague”
Usage examples
- Morphological evidence may suggest a placement in or near to Falconiformes.
- There is no evidence of it today.
- However, no scientific evidence has been found to support these claims.
- Later he shows evidences of having read Dickens and Thackeray.
- One report cites circumstantial evidence of poisoning to horses, sheep and pigs.
- Until somebody gives me evidence to the contrary, I'll stick with that statement.
- Due to the scanty evidence it is unknown when it became extinct.
- After the prince had been rescued, he showed evidence of Stockholm syndrome.
- The evidence proved that Speicher did not survive the crash.
- We practice evidence-based medicine.