different between evidence vs proclamation

evidence

English

Etymology

From Middle English evidence, from Old French [Term?], from Latin evidentia (clearness, in Late Latin a proof), from evidens (clear, evident); see evident.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??v?d?ns/, /??v?d?ns/
  • (US) IPA(key): [??v???ns]
  • Hyphenation: ev?i?dence

Noun

evidence (usually uncountable, plural evidences)

  1. Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
    • 1748, David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
      In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence. A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.
  2. (law) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
  3. One who bears witness.
    • 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 1, page 53:
      He recapitulated the Sybil’s story word by word, with the air of a man who is cross-examining an evidence, and trying to make him contradict himself.
  4. A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other.

Usage notes

  • Adjectives often used with the term "evidence": documentary, physical, empirical, scientific, material, circumstantial, anectodal, objective, strong, weak, conclusive, hard

Derived terms

Related terms

  • evident
  • evidential

Translations

Verb

evidence (third-person singular simple present evidences, present participle evidencing, simple past and past participle evidenced)

  1. (transitive) To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of.

Usage notes

  • To be distinguished from evince.

Translations

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:evidence.

Further reading

  • evidence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • evidence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [??v?d?nt?s?]
  • Rhymes: -?nts?

Noun

evidence f

  1. records
  2. registry, repository

Related terms

  • See vize
  • eviden?ní
  • evidovat
  • evidentní

See also

  • záznamy
  • databáze
  • registr

Further reading

  • evidence in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
  • evidence in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Friulian

Noun

evidence f (plural evidencis)

  1. evidence

Middle French

Noun

evidence f (plural evidences)

  1. evidence

Descendants

  • French: évidence

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proclamation

English

Etymology

From Middle English proclamacion, from Anglo-Norman and Old French proclamacion, from Late Latin procl?m?ti?, from the verb Latin pr?cl?m?.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?p??kl??me???n/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??kl??me???n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n
  • Hyphenation: proc?la?ma?tion

Noun

proclamation (countable and uncountable, plural proclamations)

  1. A statement which is proclaimed; formal public announcement.

Related terms

  • proclaim

Translations

Anagrams

  • prolactinoma

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin procl?m?ti?, procl?m?ti?nem, from Latin procl?m?.

Pronunciation

Noun

proclamation f (plural proclamations)

  1. proclamation; announcement

Related terms

  • proclamer

proclamation From the web:

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  • what proclamation does the prince make why
  • what proclamation was made by the revolutionaries in france
  • what do proclamation mean
  • what is meant by proclamation
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