Kilo Lingo

/ˈɛvɪd(ə)ns/

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Translation

Facts or things that show what is true or who did something.

Word origin

From Latin evidentia, meaning clearness, from videre, to see.

Origin
Latin
Root
evidentia
English cognates
evident

Examples

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Without evidence, nobody can show that he did it.

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"Evidence" is uncountable, so it has no plural.

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Things left behind can be evidence.

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This word is part of lesson 15.