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EVIDENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does evident mean?
• EVIDENT (adjective)
The adjective EVIDENT has 2 senses:
1. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
2. capable of being seen or noticed
Familiarity information: EVIDENT used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
Synonyms:
apparent; evident; manifest; palpable; patent; plain; unmistakable
Context example:
a palpable lie
Similar:
obvious (easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind)
Derivation:
evidence (your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Capable of being seen or noticed
Synonyms:
discernible; evident; observable
Context example:
an observable change in behavior
Similar:
noticeable (capable or worthy of being noticed)
Derivation:
evidence (an indication that makes something evident)
Context examples
It was evident that she had seen my exit, but had not observed my return.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was evident to me that things were not going well with him or his quest.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She looked at me with evident suspicion: "Nay, she never sold stuff i' that way."
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
It was evident to me that she was saying what was false.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
At last there came a time when it was evident that the patient was sinking fast; he might die at any moment.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
His pleasing manners and good sense were self-evident recommendations; and having never heard evil of him, it was not their way to suppose any evil could be told.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
It was evident that the gentleman, (completely a gentleman in manner) admired her exceedingly.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
"That's evident, by the way you racket downstairs. Come to your tea, sir, and behave like a gentleman."
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He was lying on his left side at the time, and in evident pain.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
It was evident that he had not reasoned the impression.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
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