See also: évident

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Etymology

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From Middle English [Term?], from Old French [Term?], from Latin ēvidēns (visible, apparent, clear, plain) (compare Late Latin ēvideor (to appear plainly)), from ē (out) + videō (see), present participle vidēns, deponent videor (to appear, seem). Displaced native Old English sweotol.

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛv.ɪ.dənt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛv.ə.dənt/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: ev‧i‧dent

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evident (comparative more evident, superlative most evident)

  1. Obviously true by simple observation.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:obvious
    It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.
    • 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
      Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them.

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Italian evidente, from earlier Latin ēvidentem.

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  • IPA(key): /eviˈdent/
  • Rhymes: -ent
  • Hyphenation: e‧vi‧dent

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evident (feminine evidente)

  1. (literary) evident
    Synonyms: i qartë, i dukshëm
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Further reading

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  • evident”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin ēvidentem.

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evident m or f (masculine and feminine plural evidents)

  1. obvious; evident

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin ēvidēns.

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evident (strong nominative masculine singular evidenter, comparative evidenter, superlative am evidentesten)

  1. evident

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  • evident” in Duden online
  • evident” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle French

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evident m (feminine singular evidente, masculine plural evidents, feminine plural evidentes)

  1. obvious; evident

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  • French: évident

Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin ēvidēns.

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evident m (feminine singular evidenta, masculine plural evidents, feminine plural evidentas)

  1. evident

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French évident, from Latin evidens.

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evident m or n (feminine singular evidentă, masculine plural evidenți, feminine and neuter plural evidente)

  1. obvious

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