evidence

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English evidence, from Old French [Term?], from Latin evidentia (“clearness, in Late Latin a proof”), from evidens (“clear, evident”); see evident. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɛv.ɪ.dəns/, /ˈɛv.ə.dəns/ (US) IPA(key): [ˈɛv.ɪ.ɾɪns], [ˈɛv.ə.ɾɪns] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈev.ɪ.dəns/ Hyphenation: ev‧i‧dence === Noun === evidence (usually uncountable, plural evidences) Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion. (law) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial. One who bears witness. A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other. ==== Usage notes ==== As a noun, the word evidence is usually treated as uncountable. Thus, enumeration would generally follow a formulation such as, "Five pieces of evidence were submitted. That evidence was highly convincing." It would rarely be expressed as, "Five evidences were submitted. Those evidences were highly convincing." ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== evident evidential evidentiary ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === evidence (third-person singular simple present evidences, present participle evidencing, simple past and past participle evidenced) (transitive) To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of. ==== Usage notes ==== To be distinguished from evince. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Quotations === For quotations using this term, see Citations:evidence. === Further reading === “evidence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “evidence”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Albanian == === Noun === evidence indefinite dative/ablative singular of evidencë == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛvɪdɛnt͡sɛ] Rhymes: -ɛntsɛ === Noun === evidence f records registry, repository ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== See vize ==== See also ==== záznamy databáze registr === Further reading === “evidence”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “evidence”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “evidence”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Friulian == === Noun === evidence f (plural evidencis) evidence == Middle French == === Noun === evidence f (plural evidences) evidence ==== Descendants ==== French: évidence