evidence
noun
- 1
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling
- 2
an indication that makes something evident
his trembling was evidence of his fear
- 3
(law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved
verb
- 1
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
- 2
give evidence
he was telling on all his former colleague
- 3
provide evidence for
The blood test showed that he was the father
Her behavior testified to her incompetence
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