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Evidence   /ˈɛvədəns/   Listen
Evidence

noun
1.
Your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief.  Synonym: grounds.
2.
An indication that makes something evident.
3.
(law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved.
verb
(past & past part. evidenced; pres. part. evidencing)
1.
Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes.  Synonyms: attest, certify, demonstrate, manifest.  "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication" , "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness"
2.
Provide evidence for.  Synonyms: bear witness, prove, show, testify.  "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
3.
Give evidence.  Synonym: tell.



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"Evidence" Quotes from Famous Books



... Egyptian pound led the government to float the currency in January 2003, leading to a sharp drop in its value and consequent inflationary pressure. The existence of a black market for hard currency is evidence that the government continues to influence the official exchange rate offered in banks. In September 2003, Egyptian officials increased subsidies on basic foodstuffs, helping to calm a frustrated public but widening an already deep budget deficit. Egypt's balance-of-payments position ...
— The 2004 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency
... The evidence was brief. One of the constables being on duty in the market-place had heard screams from the quay. On reaching the place, he had found the harbour-master carrying a woman up the quay steps. Mr. Quarry, coming ...
— The Manxman - A Novel - 1895 • Hall Caine
... horrible spectacle presented to her in the vision to be an actual reflection of the truth. In common justice toward Miss Dunross I ought surely not to accept the conviction of her deformity on no better evidence than the evidence of a dream? Reasonable as it undoubtedly was, this view left certain doubts still lingering in my mind. The child's instinct soon discovered that her mother and I were playfellows who felt no genuine enjoyment of the game. She dismissed her make-believe ...
— The Two Destinies • Wilkie Collins
... adventurers, the Australian man seems crudely provincial. Yet he is never shown in an incorrect or merely satirical light. There are, to be sure, occasions when he appears too tame and Dobbin-like in acceptance of his lady's caprices; but this is partly an evidence of that mixture of stiff native pride and independence which forbids servile appeal even ...
— Australian Writers • Desmond Byrne
... not know that very grave things have happened in matters of faith, that the doctrinal schemes of the conventional faith are riddled targets, that creed and Bible do not mean what they appear to mean, but something quite different and indefinable, that the bishops, socially so much in evidence, are ...
— Mankind in the Making • H. G. Wells


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