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# evidence

«evidence» in Mova's school dictionary: **facts, signs or objects that show something is true or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (evidence — uncountable); verb (evidence, evidenced — formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Evidence is facts, signs or objects that show something is true or help to prove it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidence/#m1)

2) In a court, evidence is what is shown to help decide if someone did a crime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidence/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons evidence comes from observations and tests and backs up a conclusion; in history evidence comes from sources. In stories detectives look for evidence. Phrases: «find evidence», «there is no evidence», «evidence of», «scientific evidence», «use evidence from the text».

### examples

- Fossils are evidence that dinosaurs lived long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidence/#x1)
- The detective looked for evidence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidence/#x2)
- Use evidence from the text to answer the question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidence/#x3)
- There is no evidence that the moon is made of cheese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidence/#x4)
- Muddy footprints were evidence that the dog had come in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidence/#x5)
- Scientists collect evidence before they decide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidence/#x6)
- The police kept the evidence safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidence/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: «some evidence», «a piece of evidence», never «an evidence» or «evidences». Adjective: evident (clear). Evidence supports an idea but one piece is not always proof; good thinking asks «what is the evidence?» before believing a claim.

### In the corpora

- [Scientists still study why we dream; there is no evidence that dream pictures have fixed hidden meanings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily/14/)
- [Every zebra has its own stripe pattern, and the best evidence says the stripes help keep biting flies from landing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/25-horses-zebras-and-donkeys/11/)
- [There is no good evidence that real elephants are especially afraid of mice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/222-rats-and-mice-in-the-city-and-the-elephant-and-mouse-myth/5/)
- [A few trackways show raptors walking together, but the evidence for pack hunting is thin, so scientists keep an open mind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/268-raptors-the-real-velociraptor/11/)
- [Alice is curious who it will be, since they have hardly any evidence yet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «evidence» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidence/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.