Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read, or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened.
Ganley said he'd seen no evidence of widespread fraud. [+ of/for]
There is a lot of evidence that stress is partly responsible for disease.
To date there is no evidence to support this theory.
Synonyms: proof, grounds, data, demonstration More Synonyms of evidence
2. uncountable noun
Evidence is the information which is used in a court of law to try to prove something. Evidence is obtained from documents, objects, or witnesses.
[law]
The evidence against him was purely circumstantial. [+ against]
...enough evidence for a successful prosecution.
3.
See give evidence
4. verb
If a particular feeling, ability, or attitude is evidencedby something or someone, it is seen or felt.
[formal]
He's wise in other ways too, as evidenced by his reason for switching from tennisto golf. [beVERB-ed + by]
She was not calculating and evidenced no specific interest in money. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: show, prove, reveal, display More Synonyms of evidence
5.
See be in evidence
More Synonyms of evidence
evidence in British English
(ˈɛvɪdəns)
noun
1.
ground for belief or disbelief; data on which to base proof or to establish truth or falsehood
2.
a mark or sign that makes evident; indication
his pallor was evidence of ill health
3. law
matter produced before a court of law in an attempt to prove or disprove a point in issue, such as the statements of witnesses, documents, material objects, etc
See also circumstantial evidence, direct evidence
4. turn queen's evidence
5. in evidence
verb(transitive)
6.
to make evident; show clearly
7.
to give proof of or evidence for
evidence in American English
(ˈɛvədəns; ˈɛvəˌdɛns)
noun
1. Archaic
the condition of being evident
2.
something that makes another thing evident; indication; sign
3.
something that tends to prove; ground for belief
4. Law
something presented in a legal proceeding, as a statement of a witness, an object, etc., which bears on or establishes a pointin question
see also testimony, proof, see also state's evidence
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈevidenced or ˈevidencing
5.
to make evident; indicate; show
6.
to bear witness to; attest
SIMILAR WORDS: proof
Idioms:
in evidence
Word origin
ME < OFr < L evidentia < evidens, clear, evident < e-, from + videns, prp. of videre, to see: see wise2
COBUILD Collocations
evidence
ample evidence
anecdotal evidence
available evidence
cite evidence
clear evidence
collect evidence
compelling evidence
conclusive evidence
contrary evidence
convincing evidence
credible evidence
damning evidence
definitive evidence
destroy evidence
empirical evidence
examine the evidence
expert evidence
firm evidence
fresh evidence
further evidence
growing evidence
hard evidence
ignore evidence
inconclusive evidence
insufficient evidence
little evidence
medical evidence
mounting evidence
objective evidence
offer evidence
oral evidence
overwhelming evidence
photographic evidence
polling evidence
present evidence
produce evidence
provide evidence
review evidence
scant evidence
scientific evidence
see evidence
statistical evidence
strong evidence
substantial evidence
sufficient evidence
survey evidence
tangible evidence
uncover evidence
video evidence
vital evidence
witness evidence
Examples of 'evidence' in a sentence
evidence
To pursue an allegation of fraud without strong evidence was risky.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That means that witnesses must be alerted in advance to the issues and evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
How do you prove historical evidence is true?
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
There really is no more firmly established body of evidence in all of education.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In these cases no defence is offered so they are signed off electronically by the court on evidence supplied by creditors.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Both witnesses are to give their evidence to Merseyside detectives.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It was not until March that the police had enough evidence to charge him with the murder.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I could not care less that there is a medical consensus that statins are safe unless that consensus is based on good evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A search on Friday was said to have found no evidence that attempts had been made to either remove or cut the bars.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The fact that the medical evidence has proved so unreliable adds to the scandal.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There is no shortage of circumstantial evidence to suggest the latter.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We also found no evidence of any attempt to affect the outcome of any matches.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This petition challenging the results does not raise any new issues or evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The first was as to the weight to be given to such evidence in future cases.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They can be produced as evidence of the fraud.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Try to support your answer with specific evidence from each of the essays.
Goshgarian, Gary Exploring language (6th edn) (1995)
The second reason is the evidence from the natural sciences.
Christianity Today (2000)
They are based on evidence and they work.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The fresh medical evidence is especially interesting.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
They must reach a verdict purely on the evidence in court.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There was no evidence which established a pressing need for change.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But it is not proof or evidence that corruption has taken place.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It said there was insufficient evidence to prove an offence.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It was a complex case and the evidence was circumstantial.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There is also the issue of identification evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It was hardly an outrageous thing to say given all the evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The bank is expected to challenge the statistical evidence on the ground that the plaintiffs are not comparing like with like.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Our robust evidence clearly suggests otherwise.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In the absence of any hard evidence, the information remained anecdotal.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
evidence
British English: evidence /ˈɛvɪdəns/ NOUN
Evidence is anything that makes you believe that something is true or exists.
There is evidence that stress causes the disease.
American English: evidence
Arabic: دَلِيل
Brazilian Portuguese: evidência
Chinese: 证据
Croatian: dokaz
Czech: důkaz
Danish: bevis
Dutch: bewijs
European Spanish: prueba evidencia
Finnish: todiste
French: preuve
German: Beweis
Greek: αποδεικτικό στοιχείο
Italian: prova testimonianza
Japanese: 証拠
Korean: 증거
Norwegian: bevis
Polish: dowód
European Portuguese: evidência
Romanian: dovadă
Russian: свидетельство
Latin American Spanish: prueba constancia
Swedish: bevis
Thai: หลักฐาน
Turkish: kanıt
Ukrainian: доказ
Vietnamese: bằng chứng
All related terms of 'evidence'
in evidence
on display; apparent ; conspicuous
cite evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
firm evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
give evidence
If you give evidence in a court of law or an official enquiry, you officially say what you know about people or events, or describe an occasion at which you were present .
hard evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
oral evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
see evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
ample evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
clear evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read, or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened.
direct evidence
evidence , usually the testimony of a witness , directly relating to the fact in dispute
expert evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
fresh evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
ignore evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
king's evidence
→ state's evidence
little evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
offer evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
review evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
scant evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened.
strong evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
survey evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
video evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
vital evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
anecdotal evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
available evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
be in evidence
If someone or something is in evidence , they are present and can be clearly seen .
collect evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
contrary evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
credible evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
damning evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
destroy evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
empirical evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
forensic evidence
evidence obtained by the use of science, for example DNA evidence, etc
further evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
growing evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
hearsay evidence
evidence based on what has been reported to a witness by others rather than what he or she has observed or experienced (not generally admissible as evidence)
indirect evidence
See circumstantial evidence
medical evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
mounting evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
objective evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
polling evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
present evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
produce evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
provide evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
queen's evidence
(when the sovereign is female) evidence given for the Crown against his or her former associates in crime by an accomplice (esp in the phrase turn queen's evidence )
state's evidence
the evidence for the prosecution given on behalf of a state in a criminal prosecution
tangible evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
uncover evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
witness evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
compelling evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
conclusive evidence
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read , or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened .
Chinese translation of 'evidence'
evidence
(ˈɛvɪdns)
n(u)
(= proof) 根据(據) (gēnjù)
(Law)
(= information) 证(證)据(據) (zhèngjù)
(= objects) 物证(證) (wùzhèng)
(= testimony) 证(證)言 (zhèngyán)
(= signs, indications) 迹(跡)象 (jìxiàng)
to produce sth as evidence (Law) 提供某物作为(為)证(證)据(據) (tígōng mǒuwù zuòwéi zhèngjù)
to give evidence (Law) 作证(證) (zuòzhèng)
to show evidence of sth表明某事 (biǎomíng mǒushì)
to be in evidence[quality]明显(顯)的 (míngxiǎn de) [soldiers, tourists etc]可看见(見)的 (kě kànjiàn de)
All related terms of 'evidence'
to give evidence
( Law ) 作证(證) zuòzhèng
hard evidence/facts
铁(鐵)证(證)/客观(觀)的事实(實) tiězhèng/kèguān de shìshí
to be in evidence
( quality ) 明显(顯)的 míngxiǎn de
to show evidence of sth
表明某事 biǎomíng mǒushì
to produce sth as evidence
( Law ) 提供某物作为(為)证(證)据(據) tígōng mǒuwù zuòwéi zhèngjù
not a shred of evidence/truth
无(無)丝(絲)毫证(證)据(據)/事实(實) wú sīháo zhèngjù/shìshí
1 (noun)
Definition
something which provides ground for belief or disbelief
There is no evidence to support this theory.
Synonyms
proof
You must have proof of residence in the state.
grounds
data
demonstration
an unprecedented demonstration of people power
confirmation
He took her resignation as confirmation of their suspicions.
verification
There is no independent verification of this story.
corroboration
There were no witnesses to establish corroboration of his version of the accident.
authentication
substantiation
2 (noun)
Police said there was no evidence of a struggle.
Synonyms
sign(s)
mark
Shopkeepers closed their shutters as a mark of respect.
suggestion
that fashionably faint suggestion of a tan
trace
The church has traces of fifteenth-century frescoes.
indication
He gave no indication that he was ready to compromise.
token
He sent her a gift as a token of his appreciation.
manifestation
Different animals have different manifestations of the disease.
3 (noun)
Definition
matter produced before a court of law in an attempt to prove or disprove a point in issue
Forensic scientists will be called to give evidence.
Synonyms
testimony
His testimony was an important element of the case.
statement
statements from witnesses to the event
witness
declaration
I signed a declaration allowing my doctor to disclose my medical details.
submission
affirmation
The ministers issued a robust affirmation of their faith in the system.
deposition
The material would be checked against depositions from other witnesses.
avowal
He made an avowal to set himself right once again.
attestation
averment
(verb)
Definition
to show clearly
He still has a lot to learn, as is evidenced by his recent behaviour.
Synonyms
show
These figures show an increase in unemployment.
prove
new evidence that could prove their innocence
reveal
A grey carpet was removed to reveal the pine floor.
display
It's not often that I display my true feelings.
indicate
The survey indicated that most old people are independent.
witness
demonstrate
You have to demonstrate that you are reliable.
exhibit
He has exhibited signs of anxiety and stress.
manifest
He's only convincing when that inner fury manifests itself.
signify
The two approaches signified a sharp difference between the men.
denote
Red eyes denote strain and fatigue.
testify to
evince (formal)
He had never, hitherto, evinced any particular interest in economic matters.
phrase
See in evidence
Additional synonyms
in the sense of affirmation
The ministers issued a robust affirmation of their faith in the system.
Synonyms
declaration,
statement,
assertion,
oath,
certification,
pronouncement,
avowal,
asseveration (formal),
averment
in the sense of avowal
He made an avowal to set himself right once again.
Synonyms
statement,
allegation,
recognition,
profession,
declaration,
maintenance,
assertion,
oath,
affirmation,
proclamation,
asseveration (formal),
averment
in the sense of confirmation
Definition
something that confirms
He took her resignation as confirmation of their suspicions.