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# evidential

«evidential» in Mova's school dictionary: **to do with evidence or serving as evidence, the facts…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (evidential); noun evidence

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Evidential means to do with evidence or serving as evidence, the facts that show whether something is true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidential/#m1)

2) (law) Evidential value is how much a fact or object helps prove something in court. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidential/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A formal word in law, science and history (how strong is the evidence). Pupils will meet «evidence» much more. Phrases: evidential value, evidential weight, evidential basis.

### examples

- The footprint had real evidential value. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidential/#x1)
- The judge asked about the evidential weight of the photo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidential/#x2)
- Scientists need an evidential basis for a claim. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidential/#x3)
- Diaries are evidential sources for historians. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidential/#x4)
- Without the video, there was little evidential support. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidential/#x5)
- The museum records the evidential details of each find. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evidential/#x6)

### note

Formal; plain words: «as evidence». Say «ev-i-DEN-shul». Not the same as «evidently» (clearly).

### Trees and pragmatics

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