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say it: EV-uh-duhns
evidence is a noun and verb meaning "your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief". It carries 6 recorded senses.
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
“the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling”
an indication that makes something evident
“his trembling was evidence of his fear”
(law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved
law
provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
“His high fever attested to his illness”
“The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication”
“This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for evidence come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.