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EVIDENCE definition: 1. facts, information, documents, etc. that give reason to believe that something is true: 2. to…. Learn more.
1. a. : an outward sign : indication. b. : something that furnishes proof : testimony. specifically : something legally submitted to a tribunal to ascertain the truth of a matter. 2. : one who bears witness. especially : one who voluntarily confesses a crime and testifies for the prosecution against one's accomplices. evidence. 2 of 2. verb.
Evidence, exhibit, testimony, proof refer to information furnished in a legal investigation to support a contention. Evidence is any information so given, whether furnished by witnesses or derived from documents or from any other source: Hearsay evidence is not admitted in a trial.
Evidence is anything that can be used to prove something — like the evidence presented in a trial, or the trail of bread crumbs that is evidence of the path Hansel took through the woods.
Evidence is the information which is used in a court of law to try to prove something. Evidence is obtained from documents, objects, or witnesses.
/ˈevɪdəns/ Idioms. [uncountable] the facts, signs or objects that make you believe that something is true. evidence (of something) Researchers have found clear scientific evidence of a link between exposure to sun and skin cancer.
EVIDENCE definition: 1. something that makes you believe that something is true or exists: 2. information that is given…. Learn more.
to prove or show something; to be evidence of something. as evidenced by something The legal profession is still a largely male world, as evidenced by the small number of women judges. be evidenced in something The scale of the problem is not evidenced in police statistics.
evidence. noun. /ˈɛvədəns/. [uncountable, countable] the facts, signs, or objects that make you believe that something is true evidence (of something) There is convincing evidence of a link between exposure to sun and skin cancer.
What role evidence plays and how it is conceived varies from field to field. In epistemology, evidence is what justifies beliefs or what makes it rational to hold a certain doxastic attitude. For example, a perceptual experience of a tree may act as evidence that justifies the belief that there is a tree.