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as a verb: - 1
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evidence
noun
1 evidence
Your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief:
— The evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling.
synonym: grounds.
Roget 467:
evidence;
facts,
premises,
data,
praecognita [Lat.],
grounds.
indication
etc.
550;
criterion
etc.
(test)
463.
testimony,
testification†,
expert testimony;
attestation;
deposition
etc.
(affirmation)
535;
examination.
admission
etc.
(assent)
488;
authority,
warrant,
credential,
diploma,
voucher,
certificate,
doquet†,
docket;
testamur†;
record
etc.
551;
document;
pi ce justificative†;
deed,
warranty
etc.
(security)
771;
signature,
seal
etc.
(identification)
550;
exhibit,
material evidence,
objective evidence.
witness,
indicator,
hostile witness;
eyewitness,
earwitness,
material witness,
state's evidence;
deponent;
sponsor;
cojuror†.
oral evidence,
documentary evidence,
hearsay evidence,
external evidence,
extrinsic evidence,
internal evidence,
intrinsic evidence,
circumstantial evidence,
cumulative evidence,
ex parte evidence [Lat.],
presumptive evidence,
collateral evidence,
constructive evidence;
proof
etc.
(demonstration)
478;
evidence in chief.
secondary evidence;
confirmation,
corroboration,
support;
ratification
etc.
(assent)
488;
authentication;
compurgation†,
wager of law,
comprobation†.
citation,
reference;
legal research,
literature search
(experiment)
463.
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Roget 463:
experiment;
essay
etc.
(attempt)
675;
analysis
etc.
(investigation)
461;
screen;
trial,
tentative method,
t=atonnement.
verification,
probation,
experimentum crucis [Lat.],
proof,
(demonstration)
478;
criterion,
diagnostic,
test,
probe,
crucial test,
acid test,
litmus test.
crucible,
reagent,
check,
touchstone,
pix†;
assay,
ordeal;
ring;
litmus paper,
curcuma paper†,
turmeric paper;
test tube;
analytical instruments
etc.
633.
empiricism,
rule of thumb.
feeler;
trial balloon,
pilot balloon,
messenger balloon;
pilot engine;
scout;
straw to show the wind.
speculation,
random shot,
leap in the dark.
analyzer,
analyst,
assayist†;
adventurer;
experimenter,
experimentist†,
experimentalist;
scientist,
engineer,
technician.
subject,
experimentee†,
guinea pig,
experimental animal.
[experimental method]
protocol,
experimental method,
blind experiment,
double-blind experiment,
controlled experiment.
poll,
survey,
opinion poll.
epidemiological survey [Med.],
retrospective analysis,
retrospective survey,
prospective survey,
prospective analysis;
statistical analysis.
literature search,
library research.
tryout,
audition.
[results of experiment]
discovery
etc.
480;
measurement
etc.
466;
evidence
etc.
467.
[reasoning about an experiment]
deduction,
induction,
abduction.
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Roget 525:
manifestation;
plainness
etc.
adj.;
plain speaking;
expression;
showing
etc.
v.;
exposition,
demonstration;
exhibition,
production;
display,
show;
showing off;
premonstration†.
exhibit
[Thing shown].
indication
etc.
(calling attention to)
457.
publicity
etc.
531;
disclosure
etc.
529;
openness
etc.
(honesty)
543,
(artlessness)
703;
panchement.
evidence
etc.
467.
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Dutch: aanleiding
2 evidence
An indication that makes something evident.
Dutch: teken, aanwijzing
Polish: dowód
3 evidence
law All the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved.
Dutch: getuigenis, bewijsstuk, bewijs
Polish: dowód
verb
1 evidence
Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes.
synonyms: attest, certify, demonstrate, manifest.
Dutch: betogen, demonstreren, manifesteren
2 evidence
3 evidence
Give evidence.
synonym: tell.
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