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Evident means conspicuously visible, often the mark of an action or a feeling. If a room is in total disarray, with everything pulled out of the drawers, it's evident that someone has been searching for something.
Evident definition: plain or clear to the sight or understanding. See examples of EVIDENT used in a sentence.
Definition of evident adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Some common synonyms of evident are apparent, clear, distinct, manifest, obvious, patent, and plain. While all these words mean "readily perceived or apprehended," evident implies presence of visible signs that lead one to a definite conclusion.
- Apparent is very close to evident except that it may imply more conscious exercise of inference. // for no apparent reason
- The meanings of clear and evident largely overlap; however, clear implies an absence of anything that confuses the mind or obscures the pattern. //...
- The words distinct and evident can be used in similar contexts, but distinct implies such sharpness of outline or definition that no unusual effort...
- In some situations, the words manifest and evident are roughly equivalent. However, manifest implies an external display so evident that little or...
- While the synonyms obvious and evident are close in meaning, obvious implies such ease in discovering that it often suggests conspicuousness or lit...
- While in some cases nearly identical to evident, patent applies to a cause, effect, or significant feature that is clear and unmistakable once atte...
- Although the words plain and evident have much in common, plain suggests lack of intricacy, complexity, or elaboration. // her feelings about him a...
2 days ago · If something is evident, you notice it easily and clearly. His footprints were clearly evident in the heavy dust. The threat of inflation is already evident in bond prices.
obvious to everyone and easy to see or understand: [ + that ] It was evident from his voice that he was upset. See also. self-evident. (Definition of evident from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
evident meaning, definition, what is evident: easy to see, notice, or understand: Learn more.
