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Noun: evidence  e-vi-dun(t)s
  1. Your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
    "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling";
    - grounds
     
  2. An indication that makes something evident
    "his trembling was evidence of his fear"
     
  3. (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved
Verb: evidence  e-vi-dun(t)s
  1. Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behaviour, attitude, or external attributes
    - attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate
     
  2. (law) provide evidence for
    - testify, bear witness, prove, show, witness
     
  3. Give evidence
    - tell

Derived forms: evidenced, evidences, evidencing

Type of: gen [Brit, informal], indicant, indication, info [informal], inform, information

Encyclopedia: Evidence