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evident

  • adjective
  • ev·i·dent
  • /ˈɛv.ɪ.dənt/

Obviously true by simple observation.

Example

“It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.”

Related words

  • evidentness
  • nonevident
  • superevident
  • unevident
  • evidently
  • inevident
  • self-evident
  • tamper-evident

Example sentences

  • “Once the dust settled, the truth was evident.”

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Word history

From Latin "ēvidēns" (visible, apparent, clear, plain).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “evident” 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.