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US
/ˈɛvədəns/
]
[ UK /ˈɛvɪdəns/ ]
[ UK /ˈɛvɪdəns/ ]
VERB
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give evidence
he was telling on all his former colleague -
provide evidence for
Her behavior testified to her incompetence
The blood test showed that he was the father -
provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication
His high fever attested to his illness
This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness
NOUN
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an indication that makes something evident
his trembling was evidence of his fear -
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling - (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved
How To Use evidence In A Sentence
- If we have spent several class periods introducing conventions of reasoned evidence in argumentative writing, we usually look for such features in student papers.
- In the absence of actual selfie evidence, let me provide a few snapshots. Times, Sunday Times
- Survivors of the terror attack will give evidence today. Times, Sunday Times
- He is very experienced in collating documents, summarizing evidence, arranging diagrammatic and demonstrative evidence and assisting with the general preparation for trial.
- Evidence such as this serves to undermine the apparently monolithic edifice of Victorianism.
- With this evidence at hand, one might question whether the three disjunct populations warrant classification as species rather than subspecies.
- The decrease in myocardial oxygen consumption was evidenced by a gradual decline in atrioventricular oxygen difference, indicating a decrease in myocardial oxygen uptake relative to supply.
- For his part Ken remained faithful to the evidence as he saw it, and to truth when it could be discerned.
- Furthermore, developmental psychologists found evidence that self-recognition correlates with empathy.
- Much of the defendant's evidence focused on his long-term condition myasthenia gravis. Times, Sunday Times