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Evidence
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- 1 Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion. uncountable, usually
"There is no evidence that anyone was here earlier."
- 2 your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief wordnet
- 3 Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial. uncountable, usually
"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."
- 4 an indication that makes something evident wordnet
- 5 One who bears witness. uncountable, usually
"infamous and perjured evidences"
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- 6 (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved wordnet
- 7 A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other. uncountable, usually
- 1 To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of. transitive
"She was furious, as evidenced by her slamming the door."
- 2 provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes wordnet
- 3 give evidence wordnet
- 4 provide evidence for wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English evidence, from Old French [Term?], from Latin evidentia (“clearness, in Late Latin a proof”), from evidens (“clear, evident”); see evident.
From Middle English evidence, from Old French [Term?], from Latin evidentia (“clearness, in Late Latin a proof”), from evidens (“clear, evident”); see evident.
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