evidence

Syllables: ev·i·denceUK/ˈɛv.ɪ.dəns/[ˈɛv.ɪ.ɾɪns]

evidence noun: facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.

Noun

evidence (usually uncountable, plural evidences)

(usually) Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
- There is no demonstrative evidence that anyone was here earlier.
- We have enough cold hard evidence in that presentation which will make a world of pain for our parasitic friends at Antarctica.
(usually) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
- 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.2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, in The Scotsman
(usually) One who bears witness.
- infamous and perjured evidences1822, [Walter Scott], Peveril of the Peak. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC
- He recapitulated the Sybil’s story word by word, with the air of a man who is cross-examining an evidence, and trying to make him contradict himself.1820, [Charles Robert Maturin], Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Company, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 53
(usually) A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other.

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.
- She was furious, as evidenced by her slamming the door.
- That he was a great locomotive engineer, it would be foolish to deny or even to qualify; that he was also extremely pig-headed is fairly evidenced by David Joy, who in his 'Diaries' said that Stroudley always wanted his way 'to the last nut and bolt.'1941 May, “Notes and News: William Stroudley”, in Railway Magazine, page 234
Synonyms:

attest, testify, witness

evidence meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

evidence in Hindi

facts or observations presented in support of an assertion: साक्ष्य sākṣya, प्रमाण pramāṇ, सबूत sabūt

evidence in Tamil

அத்தாட்சி, ஆதாரம், சான்று, தடயம்

evidence in Marathi

facts or observations presented in support of an assertion: साक्ष sākṣa, पुरावा purāvā

evidence in Urdu

facts or observations presented in support of an assertion: ثبوت sabūt

More languagesFewer languages

evidence in Bengali: প্রমাণ proman
evidence in Telugu: సాక్ష్యం sākṣyaṁ, సాక్షాధారము sākṣādhāramu
evidence in Malayalam: തെളിവ് teḷivŭ
evidence in Kannada: ಗುರುತು, ಸಾಕ್ಷಿ, ಲಕ್ಷಣ, ನಿದರ್ಶನ ಚಿಹ್ನೆ
evidence in Punjabi: ਗਵਾਹੀ gavāhī, ਸ਼ਹਾਦਤ śahādat
evidence in Gujarati: સબૂત sabūt, પુરાવો purāvo, પ્રમાણ pramāṇ
evidence in Odia: ପାଦ pāda
evidence in Sanskrit: प्रमाण pramāṇa, साक्ष्य sākṣya
evidence in Assamese: প্ৰমাণ proman
evidence in Nepali: प्रमाण, प्रमाणहरू
evidence in Tagalog: katibayan
evidence in Arabic: دَلِيل dalīl, بُرْهَان burhān
evidence in Malay: bukti
evidence in Indonesian: bukti, membuktikan
evidence in Persian: گواه govâh, مدارک madârak, سند sanad, اثر asar
evidence in Thai: พยานหลักฐาน pá-yaan-làk-tǎan, การพิสูจน์ gaan-pí-sùut
evidence in Vietnamese: sự chứng nhận, bằng chứng
evidence in Myanmar: သက်သေ sakse

Examples of evidence in a sentence

In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence.1748, [David Hume], Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
We find material evidences of magical practices in the European caves of the Palæolithic age[.]1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 18:
There has been no evidence that the Trump administration has been making that effort.2025 April 18, Henry Gass, “Amid deportation dispute, Trump and courts square off on who has last word”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
He was a little bit huffed and grand at being nailed as an evidence, upon a few words carelessly, or, if you will, confidentially dropped at his own mess-table, […]1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “The Wher-wolf”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume III, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC...

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Synonyms of evidence

Forms of evidence

Noun
plural	evidences
Verb
third-person singular present	evidences
present participle	evidencing
past participle	evidenced
past	evidenced

Plural of evidence: evidences

Origin of evidence

From Middle English evidence, from Old French [Term?], from Latin evidentia (“clearness, in Late Latin a proof”), from evidens (“clear, evident”); see evident.

Phrases with evidence

Questions about evidence

What does evidence mean?: Evidence means facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
What is evidence in Hindi?: Evidence in Hindi is साक्ष्य (sākṣya), प्रमाण (pramāṇ), सबूत (sabūt). See Evidence meaning in Hindi.
How do you use evidence in a sentence?: In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence.
What part of speech is evidence?: Evidence can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce evidence?: Evidence is pronounced /ˈɛv.ɪ.dəns/ (UK).
What is the plural of evidence?: The plural of evidence is evidences.

Words near evidence in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: evidence (page history and authors); evidence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); evidence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); પુરાવો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ପାଦ (Odia) (page history and authors); প্ৰমাণ (Assamese) (page history and authors); evidence (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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