Meaning

4 senses

  1. (uncountable, usually)Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.

    There is no demonstrative evidence that anyone was here earlier.

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

    Beweis, Indiz

    доказа́тельствоdokazátelʹstvo, свиде́тельствоsvidételʹstvo

    до́казdókaz, свідо́цтвоsvidóctvo, сві́дченняsvídčennja

  2. (uncountable, usually)Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.

    Beweismittel, Indiz

    ули́каulíka

    до́казdókaz

    (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved

  3. (uncountable, usually)One who bears witness.

  4. (uncountable, usually)A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other.

Examples

646 sentences

  1. The police have no other evidence against Tom.

    У поліції більше немає улік проти Тома. — deniko

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  2. You have no evidence.

    У вас немає доказів. — shanghainese

    ruУ вас нет доказательств. — marafon

    deDu hast keine Beweise. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. We need more evidence.

    Нам потрібно більше доказів. — deniko

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  4. The evidence was against me.

    Докази були проти мене. — ascolto

    ruДоказательства были против меня. — Hellerick

    deDer Beweis war gegen mich. — Esperantostern

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  5. The detectives found no other evidence.

    Детективи не виявили жодних доказів. — triantafillou

    ruНикаких прочих улик сыщики не нашли. — Karok

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
facts or observations presented in support of an assertion:
Русский
By meaning 2
facts or observations presented in support of an assertion:
anything admitted by a court as proof:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
facts or observations presented in support of an assertion:
anything admitted by a court as proof:

Origin

From Middle English evidence, from Old French [Term?], from Latin evidentia (“clearness, i

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

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Forms

plural: evidences
Singularevidence

uncountable

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief:grounds

Word family

22 related words
RelatedevidentB1evidentialevidentiary
Derivedafter-discovered evidenceanecdotal evidencecircumstantial evidencecounterevidencedirect evidenceempirical evidenceevidence-basedevidence-based medicineevidence-gatheringevidencelessevidence tamperingin evidenceinevidenceneuroevidencenonevidencepseudoevidenceself-evidencestate's evidencewebidence

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

10 patterns
  • there's no evidence
  • no evidence
  • evidence to prove
  • evidence against
  • any evidence
  • all the evidence
  • no evidence that
  • have any evidence
  • new evidence
  • the evidence is

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
everywhereA1evictevictionevidentB1evidentlyB2evilB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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