Dictionary

evident en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɛv.ə.dənt/ (US)
• /ˈɛv.ɪ.dənt/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English evident, from Old French evident, from Latin ēvidēns (“visible, apparent, clear, plain”) (compare Late Latin ēvideor (“to appear plainly”)), from ē (“out”) + videō (“see”), present participle vidēns, deponent videor (“to appear, seem”). Displaced native Old English sweotol.

Meanings

1. Obviously true by simple observation.
   • Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
   • The full extent of her injuries did not become evident until they tried to move her.
   • It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.

Forms

Deriveds

self-evident · evidently · tamper-evident · inevident · evidentness · unevident · nonevident · superevident

Relateds

evidence · evidential

Synonyms

noticeable · obvious · blatant · clear · arrant · plain as Dunstable highway · open-and-shut · manifest · eyely · evident · clear cut · crystal clear · undoubted · notable · res ipsa loquitur · plain as the nose on one's face · splendent · plain as print · elucidate · plain as a pikestaff · cut and dried · plain as a haystack · clear as day · decided · apparent · patent · bait · conspicuous · palpable · plain as porridge · plain as Salisbury · undissembled · clear as a bell · plain as day · intuitive · ostensible · straightforward · glaring · prima facie · plain

Translations (51)

it evidente (obviously true) · ota بللی (obviously true) · uk очевидний (obviously true) · gl evidente (obviously true) · mi ariari (obviously true) · oc evident (obviously true) · ca evident (obviously true) · fi silminnähtävä (obviously true) · ga soiléir (obviously true) · fr évident (obviously true) · sq dukshëm (obviously true) · pl oczywisty (obviously true) · got 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (obviously true) · uk наочний (obviously true) · lv redzams (obviously true) · sw dhahiri (obviously true) · la ēvidens (obviously true) · de offenkundig (obviously true) · grc φανερός (obviously true) · es constatable (obviously true) · hu nyilvánvaló (obviously true) · da indlysende (obviously true) · mi pūrangiaho (obviously true) · cy amlwg (obviously true) · ota ظاهر (obviously true) · cs zjevný (obviously true) · cs evidentní (obviously true) · ota دركار (obviously true) · mi ari (obviously true) · ps ښکاره (obviously true) · pt evidente (obviously true) · es evidente (obviously true) · ia evidente (obviously true) · la manifestus (obviously true) · fi selvä (obviously true) · lv acīm redzams (obviously true) · fi ilmeinen (obviously true) · ru очеви́дный (obviously true) · ota آچق (obviously true) · eo evidenta (obviously true) · sh očito (obviously true) · ota منجلی (obviously true) · pl jasny (obviously true) · bg очевиден (obviously true) · ga follasach (obviously true) · mi ariroa (obviously true) · ro evident (obviously true) · ps څرګند (obviously true) · wyi ininburdi (obviously true) · hu evidens (obviously true) · tr bariz (obviously true)