evidence
Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
Example
“There is no evidence that anyone was here earlier.”
Other meanings
Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
One who bears witness.
Related words
- counterevidence
- evidenceless
- inevidence
- neuroevidence
- nonevidence
- pseudoevidence
- after-discovered evidence
- anecdotal evidence
- chain of evidence
- circumstantial evidence
- clear and convincing evidence
- demurrer to evidence
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "evidentia" (clearness, in Late Latin a proof).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “evidence” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.