evidence

English

/ˈɛvɪdəns/, [ˈɛvəɾəns]

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

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English evidence derived from Latin evidentia (in Late Latin a proof, clearness) root from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (see, know, behold, perceive, find, view, look at).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*weyd-

Gloss

see, know, behold, perceive, find, view, look at

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

知

Emoji
🙈 🪚

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