- evidence
- nounADJECTIVE▪ abundant, ample, considerable, extensive, plentiful, significant, substantial, sufficient, widespread▪
There is ample evidence that the world is getting hotter.
▪ growing, increasing, mounting▪ clear, compelling, conclusive, convincing, decisive, definitive, good, hard, incontrovertible, irrefutable, overwhelming, persuasive, positive, powerful, solid, striking, strong, unambiguous, unequivocal▪ adequate▪ flimsy, inadequate, insufficient, limited, little, scant▪ concrete, direct, firm, first-hand, objective, physical, tangible▪The figures provide concrete evidence of the bank's claim.
▪ credible▪We found no credible evidence to support this allegation.
▪ indirect▪ available, current, present▪Available evidence points to pilot error as the cause of the crash.
▪ additional, fresh, further, more, new▪ crucial, important, valuable, vital▪They accused the prosecution of withholding crucial evidence.
▪ prima facie (law)▪I'll accept this as prima facie evidence that there might be a problem.
▪ corroborating, corroborative, supporting▪They convicted the wrong man on the basis of a signed confession with no corroborative evidence.
▪ conflicting▪Another team of scientists has come up with conflicting evidence.
▪ damning, incriminating▪The scandal is damning evidence of the government's contempt for democracy.
▪ anecdotal, circumstantial, material▪There is plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest that crime is beginning to rise.
▪There was a mass of circumstantial evidence linking Watson to the murder.
▪ documentary, observational, photographic, statistical, textual, video (esp. BrE), visible, visual▪The court was shown photographic evidence.
▪ archaeological, empirical, factual, formal, historical▪ clinical, DNA, experimental, forensic, medical, scientific▪ false▪She admitted giving false evidence to the court.
… OF EVIDENCE▪ piece▪ scrap▪She mulled over these scraps of evidence.
▪ body, mass▪A body of evidence emerged suggesting that smoking tobacco caused serious diseases.
VERB + EVIDENCE▪ have▪We do not have the evidence to prove these claims.
▪ look for, search for▪ accumulate, collect, come across, come up with, discover, find, gather, obtain, produce, uncover▪Scientists have found fresh evidence to suggest that a huge explosion led to the extinction.
▪ offer (sb), provide (sb with), show (sb)▪The tapes provided evidence of her intentions.
▪ give, present (sb with), reveal▪She was hoping she would not have to give evidence in court.
▪ see▪He says he's been working hard, but I haven't seen any evidence of it.
▪ consider, examine, study▪ evaluate, weigh▪They will weigh this evidence and come to a rational conclusion.
▪ review▪ cite (sth as)▪The team cited evidence from a recent earthquake to back up their idea.
▪The rise in crime is often cited as evidence of a general breakdown of authority.
▪ submit, use sth in▪The police officer took a statement which was later used in evidence.
▪ hear▪We must wait to hear his evidence before we make any judgement.
▪ admit, allow▪The judge can decide whether to admit or exclude evidence.
▪ exclude▪ destroy▪Prosecutors say they destroyed evidence related to the case.
EVIDENCE + VERB▪ exist▪ come to light, emerge▪ accumulate, grow, mount▪Evidence is accumulating that a defective gene may be responsible for this disease.
▪ confirm sth, demonstrate sth, establish sth, indicate sth, point to sth, prove sth, reveal sth, show sth, suggest sth, support sth▪The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.
▪ be based on sth, be derived from sth, come from sth▪evidence of growing poverty based on extensive surveys
▪ contradict sth▪No new evidence has contradicted this research.
▪ implicate sb/sth, link sb/sth▪evidence linking her to the crime
PREPOSITION▪ as evidence▪He cited Australia's success as evidence for his theory.
▪ in evidence▪A photo of the victim's injuries was produced in evidence.
▪ on … evidence▪On present evidence the team will be lucky to make the final.
▪ on the evidence of▪On the evidence of his latest exhibition, Miller is an artist who is past his best.
▪ evidence about, evidence concerning, evidence regarding, evidence relating to▪The team have been collecting evidence about war crimes.
▪ evidence against▪The woman went to court to give evidence against her attacker.
▪ evidence for▪What evidence do you have for that claim?
▪ evidence from▪evidence from historical documents
▪ evidence of▪Scientists are looking for evidence of life on other planets.
▪ evidence on▪The first chapter reviews the evidence on how children learn language.
PHRASES▪ to be in evidence▪a trend that has been much in evidence in recent years
▪ in the face of evidence, in the teeth of evidence▪The company denies, in the face of overwhelming evidence, that smoking causes cancer.
▪ in the light of evidence▪In the light of new evidence, a new enquiry into the crash is likely to take place.
▪ lack of evidence▪The kidnapping charge was dropped because of lack of evidence.
▪ not a scrap of evidence, not a shred of evidence▪He made the accusations without a shred of evidence to back them up.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
