different between evidence vs vid

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

English

Etymology 1

Clipping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Noun

vid (plural vids)

1. (slang) Clipping of video.
2. (slang) Clipping of videotape.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation spelling of with.

Preposition

vid

1. Pronunciation spelling of with.

Anagrams

• D.V.I., DVI, Div., IDV, VDI, div, div.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v?t]

Noun

vid m

1. (grammar) aspect

See also

• dokonavý
• nedokonavý

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse víðr, from Proto-Germanic *w?daz (“broad, wide”), cognate with English wide and German weit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??i?ð], [??ið?]
• Homophone: hvid
• Rhymes: -id

Adjective

vid

1. wide

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic *wit?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ið]

Noun

vid n (singular definite viddet, not used in plural form)

1. wit

Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??i?ð], [??ið?]
• Homophone: hvid

Verb

vid

1. imperative of vide

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse víðr

Adjective

vid (neuter singular vidt, definite singular and plural vide, comparative videre, indefinite superlative videst, definite superlative videste)

1. wide, broad

Derived terms

• vidvinkel, vidvinkelobjektiv
• vidåpen

Etymology 2

Verb

vid

1. imperative of vide

References

• “vid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse víðr

Adjective

vid (neuter singular vidt, definite singular and plural vide, comparative vidare, indefinite superlative vidast, definite superlative vidaste)

1. wide, broad

Derived terms

• vidvinkel, vidvinkelobjektiv

References

• “vid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vid/

Adjective

vid m or n (feminine singular vid?, masculine plural vizi, feminine and neuter plural vide)

1. empty

Declension

Synonyms

• gol, de?ert

Noun

vid n (plural viduri)

1. void, vacuum

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vid?, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see; to knowingly see; to know”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?î?d/

Noun

v?d m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. eyesight
2. eyeshot
3. (grammar) aspect
4. type, kind (of, +genitive)

Declension

Related terms

• v?djeti / v?deti

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vid?, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?í?t/

Noun

v?d m inan

1. eyesight
2. (grammar) verb aspect

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin v?tis, v?tem (“vine”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéh?itis (“that which twines or bends, branch, switch”), from *weh?y- (“to turn, wind, bend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bid/, [?bið?]

Noun

vid f (plural vides)

1. vine, grapevine

   Synonym: parra

Related terms

See also

• viña

Further reading

• “vid” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi?d/
• Rhymes: -i?d

Etymology 1

From Old Norse víðr, from Proto-Germanic *w?daz.

Adjective

vid

1. wide; having great width

   De här byxorna är alldeles för vida.

   These trousers are way too wide.

Declension

Synonyms

• bred

Antonyms

• smal
• snäv
• trång

Derived terms

• vidsynt

Etymology 2

From Old Norse við, from Proto-Germanic *wiþr-. Cognate with Danish vid, Icelandic við, English with.

Preposition

vid

1. at, beside, next to, by; indicating either a position close to or a time

   Jag är hemma vid fem.

   I'll be at home at five o'clock.

   Han står där, vid min bil. Ser du honom inte?

   He stands there, next to my car. Don't you see him?

2. (indicating an oath) by; with the authority of

Synonyms

• (beside (spatial relations only)): bredvid

See also

• bränna vid
• ta vid
• kännas vid

Anagrams

• div