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EVIDENCE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

Example:

the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling

Synonyms:

evidence; grounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("evidence" is a kind of...):

information (knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "evidence"):

probable cause ((law) evidence sufficient to warrant an arrest or search and seizure)

cogent evidence; proof (any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something)

disproof; falsification; refutation (any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something)

lead; track; trail (evidence pointing to a possible solution)

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

sign ((medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease)

Derivation:

evidence (provide evidence for)

evident (clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment)

evidential; evidentiary (serving as or based on evidence)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An indication that makes something evident

Example:

his trembling was evidence of his fear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("evidence" is a kind of...):

indicant; indication (something that serves to indicate or suggest)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "evidence"):

identification (evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing)

attestation (the evidence by which something is attested)

argument; statement (a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true)

testimonial; testimony (something that serves as evidence)

record (anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events)

footprint evidence (evidence in the form of footprints)

clew; clue; cue (evidence that helps to solve a problem)

smoking gun (indisputable evidence (especially of a crime))

Derivation:

evidence (provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes)

evidence (provide evidence for)

evident (capable of being seen or noticed)

evidentiary (pertaining to or constituting evidence)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("evidence" is a kind of...):

info; information (a message received and understood)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "evidence"):

state's evidence (evidence for the prosecution in criminal proceedings)

hearsay evidence (evidence based on what someone has told the witness and not of direct knowledge)

corroborating evidence (additional evidence or evidence of different kind that supports a proof already offered in a proceeding)

circumstantial evidence; indirect evidence (evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute)

direct evidence (evidence (usually the testimony of a witness) directly related to the fact in dispute)

corpus delicti (the body of evidence that constitute the offence; the objective proof that a crime has been committed (sometimes mistakenly thought to refer to the body of a homicide victim))

testimony (a solemn statement made under oath)

exhibit (an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence)

Derivation:

evidence (give evidence)

evidence (provide evidence for)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes

Example:

This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness

Synonyms:

attest; certify; demonstrate; evidence; manifest

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "evidence" is one way to...):

bear witness; evidence; prove; show; testify (provide evidence for)

Verb group:

attest (establish or verify the usage of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "evidence"):

authenticate (establish the authenticity of something)

reflect (give evidence of the quality of)

reflect (give evidence of a certain behavior)

notarise; notarize (authenticate as a notary)

condemn (demonstrate the guilt of (someone))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

evidence (an indication that makes something evident)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give evidence

Example:

he was telling on all his former colleague

Synonyms:

evidence; tell

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "evidence" is one way to...):

inform (act as an informer)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

evidence ((law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Provide evidence for

Example:

Her behavior testified to her incompetence

Synonyms:

bear witness; evidence; prove; show; testify

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "evidence" is one way to...):

inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "evidence"):

attest; certify; demonstrate; evidence; manifest (provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes)

presume (constitute reasonable evidence for)

abduce; adduce; cite (advance evidence for)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

evidence (your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief)

evidence (an indication that makes something evident)

evidence ((law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Some evidence suggests that acetylcysteine may exert an anti-apoptotic effect due to its antioxidant activity, possibly preventing cancer cell development or growth.

(Acetylcysteine, NCI Thesaurus)

There is good evidence that eating a diet with lots of vegetables and fruits is healthy and lowers risks of certain diseases.

(Antioxidants, NIH: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

Most cases show morphologic evidence of appendiceal wall and lymphatic vessel invasion by tumor cells.

(Appendix Enterochromaffin Cell Serotonin-Producing Neuroendocrine Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

There is no evidence of invasion.

(Appendix High Grade Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Morphologically, it is characterized by the presence of malignant epithelial cells without evidence of glandular or squamous differentiation.

(Ampulla of Vater Undifferentiated Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

There is no evidence of mast cell leukemia or clonal hematologic malignancy.

(Aggressive Systemic Mastocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)

An acute leukemia in which the blasts lack sufficient evidence to classify as myeloid or lymphoid or they have morphologic and/or immunophenotypic characteristics of both myeloid and lymphoid cells.

(Acute Leukemia of Ambiguous Lineage, NCI Thesaurus)

Evidence of inferior or lateral myocardial infarction is usually also present.

(Acute Posterior Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

There is no evidence of submucosal invasion.

(Adenoma of the Colon with Intramucosal Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Scientists have discovered the first-ever fossil evidence of monkeys from the North American landmass: a 21-million-year-old specimen that changes our understanding of the biological history of the continent.

(First-ever fossil monkey found in North America, NSF)