Evidence

Quick meaning: Evidence is a noun meaning Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.

Meaning

Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

infamous and perjured evidences

There is no evidence that anyone was here earlier.

We find material evidences of magical practices in the European caves of the Palæolithic age[.]

We have enough cold hard evidence in that presentation which will make a world of pain for our parasitic friends at Antarctica.

Word Forms

• evidences
• evidencing
• evidenced

Synonyms for evidence

Depending on context, synonyms include attest, testify, witness, ascertain, manifest, demonstrate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include prove, ascertain, demonstrate, certify, attest, tell.

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