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See also: évident
English
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], from Old French [Term?], 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.
Pronunciation
Adjective
evident (comparative more evident, superlative most evident)
- Obviously true by simple observation.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:obvious
- It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.
- 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
- 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.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
obviously true
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Further reading
- “evident”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “evident”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
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Albanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
evident (feminine evidente)
Related terms
- evidentim
- evidentoj
Further reading
- “evident”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
evident m or f (masculine and feminine plural evidents)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “evident”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
evident (strong nominative masculine singular evidenter, comparative evidenter, superlative am evidentesten)
Declension
Positive forms of evident
Comparative forms of evident
Superlative forms of evident
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Middle French
Adjective
evident m (feminine singular evidente, masculine plural evidents, feminine plural evidentes)
Descendants
- French: évident
Occitan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
evident m (feminine singular evidenta, masculine plural evidents, feminine plural evidentas)
Derived terms
Related terms
- evidéncia
Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
evident m or n (feminine singular evidentă, masculine plural evidenți, feminine and neuter plural evidente)
Declension
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