evident
Use evident in a sentence
ɪ adjective
plain or clear to the sight or understanding: His frown made it evident to all that he was displeased. It was evident that the project was a total failure.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ēvident- (stem of ēvidēns), equivalent to ē- e-1 + vident- (stem of vidēns) present participle of vidēre to see; see video, -ent
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ēvident- (stem of ēvidēns), equivalent to ē- e-1 + vident- (stem of vidēns) present participle of vidēre to see; see video, -ent
Related forms
ev·i·dent·ness, noun
non·ev·i·dent, adjective
pre·ev·i·dent, adjective
pre·ev·i·dent·ly, adverb
su·per·ev·i·dent, adjective
Antonyms
concealed.
concealed.
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| —adj | |
| easy to see or understand; readily apparent | |
| [C14: from Latin ēvidēns, from vidēre to see] | |
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Word Origin & History
evident
late 14c., from L. evidentem (nom. evidens) "perceptible, clear, obvious," from ex- "fully, out of" + videntem (nom. videns), prp. of videre "to see" (see vision).
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Example sentences
The city's speedy evolution is also evident on the culinary scene.
From above examples is evident, formal approach of contemporary physics has its own objective limits in falsifiability.
It is evident that this is an illusion related to unconscious bias.
It is evident that you have much to teach the world about subtle and careful thinking.
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