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evidence

/ˈɛv.ɪ.dəns/ UK, US
/ˈɛv.ə.dəns/ UK, US
[ˈɛv.ɪ.ɾɪns] US
[ˈɛv.ə.ɾɪns] US
/ˈev.ɪ.dəns/ Australia

Where it comes from

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

noun evidences

uncountable, usually Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion. There is no demonstrative evidence that anyone was here earlier.
uncountable, usually Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial. For Lothian and Borders Police, the early-morning raid had come at the end one of biggest investigations carried out by the force, which had originally presented a dossier of evidence on the murder of Jodi Jones to the Edinburgh procurator-fiscal, William Gallagher, on 25 November last year.
uncountable, usually One who bears witness. infamous and perjured evidences
uncountable, usually A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other.

verb evidences · evidencing · evidenced

transitive To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of. She was furious, as evidenced by her slamming the door.
Similar: attest, testify, witness

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: prove, ascertain, demonstrate, certify, attest, tell, bear witness, manifest, testify, show, grounds, evidentiary, evidential, substantiation, justification, demonstrable

Translations

Every language

noun facts or observations presented in support of an assertion

한국어	증거 jeunggeo
日本語	証拠 shōko
中文	證據 /证据 zhèngjù
हिन्दी	साक्ष्य sākṣya, प्रमाण pramāṇ, सबूत sabūt
Português	evidência, prova
Français	preuve
Deutsch	Beweis, Indiz
Italiano	prova, evidenza
Ελληνικά	απόδειξη apódeixi, τεκμήριο tekmírio
Română	dovadă
Русский	доказа́тельство dokazátelʹstvo, свиде́тельство svidételʹstvo
Tiếng Việt	sự chứng nhận, bằng chứng
العربية	دَلِيل dalīl, بُرْهَان burhān
עברית	ראיות reayót

noun anything admitted by a court as proof

Español	evidencia
日本語	証拠 shōko
中文	證據 /证据 zhèngjù
Português	evidência
Français	preuve
Deutsch	Beweismittel, Indiz
Ελληνικά	πειστήριο peistírio, κατάθεση katáthesi
Русский	ули́ка ulíka
العربية	دَلِيل dalīl
עברית	רְאָיָה re'ayá

verb to provide evidence

Español	evidenciar
Français	prouver, démontrer
Deutsch	beweisen
Ελληνικά	αποδεικνύω apodeiknýo
Русский	доказать dokazatʹ, доказывать dokazyvatʹ
עברית	לימד liméd, הראה her'á

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@misc{evidence_2026,
  title = {evidence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/evidence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}