evidence

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
2. (uncountable, usually) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
3. (uncountable, usually) One who bears witness.
4. (uncountable, usually) A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other.

Verb

To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of.

Synonyms

proof

testimony

sign

witness

trace

prove

demonstrate

vestige

deposition

mark

attestation

testify

demonstration

argument

testament

show

certificate

attest

verification

illustration

fact

exhibit

token

grounds

bear witness

substantiation

basis

tell

statement

corroboration

record

document

indication

data

testimonial

corpus delicti

affidavit

clue

authority

screen

character

rely on

certify

receipt

🧾

example

certification

receive

piece of evidence

display

manifest

Translations

preuve

Beweis

prova

evidencia

prueba

témoignage

evidência

bewijs

prova

Zeugnis

Beleg

Indiz

evidenza

testimonio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛv.ɪ.dəns/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: evidence

In summary

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

Sentences

Physiological and fossil evidence therefore would make it rather unlikely that turtles were diapsids .