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COGENT EVIDENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
Example:
if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it
Synonyms:
cogent evidence; proof
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cogent evidence" is a kind of...):
evidence; grounds (your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cogent evidence"):
check; confirmation; substantiation; verification (additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct)
establishment; validation (the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof)
