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Meaning evidence meaning

What does evidence mean?
Definitions in simple English

evidence Noun

— Evidence is facts or observations that support an idea. The gun is evidence that professor Pickle killed Mr. Mustard. If there is clear evidence for lying, he/she should be punished. The police are still seeking evidence to find out who the murderer is. — In a courtroom, evidence refers to anything that is shown to the judge that is related to the case during a trial.

evidence

— noun your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling — noun an indication that makes something evident his trembling was evidence of his fear — verb (= attest, manifest, demonstrate) 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 — noun (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved — verb (= testify, show) provide evidence for The blood test showed that he was the father Her behavior testified to her incompetence — verb (= tell) give evidence he was telling on all his former colleague

Synonyms evidence synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as evidence?

evidence English » English

proof testimony sign witness trace prove demonstrate vestige mark deposition attestation testify demonstration argument verification token testament show illustration grounds fact exhibit certificate attest testimonial tell substantiation statement record indication document data corroboration bear witness basis voucher traces screen rely on reference receive receipt piece of evidence material manifest lean on information indicate give evidence example

Topics evidence topics

What do people use evidence to talk about?
Social behavior Law Trial

Investigate a crime
Language and thought Communication Interpreting messages

Show, indicate
Person Healthy

Symptom of disease
Language and thought Think Opinion

Believe
Language and thought Communication Say True

Expose falsehood
Language and thought Communication Say Debate

Demonstrate
Social behavior Law Trial

Witness, testify

Conjugation evidence conjugation

How do you conjugate evidence?

evidence · verb

Examples evidence examples

How do I use evidence in a sentence?

Simple sentences

What evidence do you have?
The conversation was secretly recorded and used as evidence.
Tampering with evidence is a serious offense.
Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are the only factors that can account for the observed warming over the last century; there are no credible alternative human or natural explanations supported by the observational evidence.
I have photographic evidence.
Tom was released for lack of evidence.
Get rid of the evidence.
We have sufficient evidence to prove this hypothesis.
Everyone believes his story since there is no evidence to the contrary.
The story is consistent with the evidence.
There is no evidence that the story is based on his own experience.
The evidence was in his favor.
All the evidence points to his guilt.
It follows from this evidence that she is innocent.
From this evidence, it follows that he is not the criminal.
Can you show me any evidence for your statement?
There's no evidence.
The evidence convinced us of his innocence.
The evidence was against me.
Do you have any evidence to prove him guilty?
His wet coat was evidence that he had been outside.
There is evidence to the contrary.
If we take this additional evidence into consideration, the second law must be modified.
From this evidence it follows that he is innocent.
The evidence is laid out before us. Considering that, together with the fact that he has no alibi, there's no question that he's the guilty one.

Movie subtitles

We declare you acquitted due to lack of evidence.
Apparently on lack of evidence.
The evidence is here in China.
We might be able to drill down and find the evidence, if any, of life on Mars at this moment.
We have evidence, a confession, and the bad guy doesn't spend one night in jail?
We examined every other orifice several times but found no evidence.
No evidence of a recent fire.
You think someone was burning evidence?
Calling Evan as you walked in thereby leaving evidence of your own shocked discovery.
There are tales of missionaries served for luncheon in those climes, and evidence that suggests that they are not apocryphal.
Still, with no new evidence.
They said they'd kill her if I didn't make the evidence go away, so I changed my story, said I made a mistake, and dummied up some phony bank ledgers.
That's what your daughter said but I'm afraid circumstance is not the same as evidence.
It is what the evidence says.
Apparently on lack of evidence. Well, it looks like he was thoroughly investigated, thanks to that incident with Zero.
I'm sure I'll gather enough evidence in no time.
If we submit that insectlike micro-drone as evidence, we should be able to tell the world about what The Blessed are up to.
The Pavlovich brothers burnt that chopper to cover up evidence.
His protests can't refute the mounting evidence.
We mustn't lose this evidence.
Not if you turn state's evidence.
But what you are proposing is falsification of the evidence.
And the evidence will be placed in Tom Tom's house.
Take this evidence and place it in Tom Tom's house.
How can you say that, in view of this evidence, found in your house.
That means that the pig sausage, is part of the evidence.
Her Majesty instructed me to present a few gifts as evidence of her graciousness.
A piece of evidence worth a great deal more than that.
And I think that John Mayer is very likely to destroy evidence.
Defendant, you are about to hear the evidence against you.
And enough evidence to convict you. L.
She's planting evidence on you.
Is this another evidence of your eccentricity?
You lack specific evidence.
All right, boys, I've got the evidence. Take them along.
It would be useless to deny the evidence.
There's enough evidence there to hang any man.
Yeah, but we haven't enough evidence to convince a backward child.

News and current affairs

Second, where they do consider harmonization, they could favor the less stringent of the original standards, unless there is credible evidence that it would not support the relevant regulatory objective.
We also need a regular scientific process to present the world with the evidence on species abundance and extinction, just as we now have such a process for climate change.
The European Central Bank's vehement opposition to what is essential to all capitalist economies - the restructuring of failed or insolvent entities' debt - is evidence of the continuing fragility of the Western banking system.
In fact, the evidence for a crisis of trust is rather difficult to interpret.
To start, governments should design targeted, evidence-based policies and support the development of sound institutions.
Recent history has given us graphic evidence of what would happen if we do.
Nor was there much evidence of personal enrichment or widespread corruption.
Fortunately, there is evidence that bleaching thresholds evolve.
We will need new technologies, behaviors, and ethics, supported by solid evidence, to reconcile further economic development with environmental sustainability.
More objective evidence of altruism buttresses these findings.
To achieve their aims, they use reason and evidence to ensure that whatever resources they devote to doing good will be as effective as possible.
American unilateralism is much less in evidence in the world's other hot spots, such as North Korea and Iran, both because of the costs of the war in Iraq and the realities of the situation in those other regions.
Some observers conflate the concept with imperialism; but the US is clear evidence that a hegemon does not have to have a formal empire.
Scientific evidence on the risks mounts by the day, as most recently documented in England's magisterial Stern Report.
But credible criticism must be based on evidence - and on generally applicable criteria of judgment.
But there was no evidence that the more widely dispersed ash blowing over Europe from Iceland would cause similar problems.
Plenty of evidence suggests that we are in something of a golden age for citizen speculation, documentation, and inference that takes shape - usually on the Internet - and spreads virally around the globe.
The Bush administration conspired to lead Americans and others into an illegal war, using fabricated evidence to do so.
Moreover, the delayed implementation of key elements of the EU's association agreement with Ukraine is clear evidence that, at the moment, Russia dictates the terms of EU-Ukrainian engagement.
Foreign investment in sub-Saharan Africa, which reached record levels in recent years, is retreating, which is evidence of investor caution, not any underlying lack of optimism about the region.
It is in America's and the world's interest that they do so. The evidence of this will be seen not only in global institutions but also in places like Darfur, Zimbabwe, and Burma.
At the same time, there is little evidence to suggest that those successes were the result of the MDGs themselves.
We have seen evidence of this in our practice.
The evidence today suggests that this pattern can be repeated when the United States departs Mesopotamia and leaves Iraqis to define their own fate.

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