evidential
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7.5
- adjective
- /ˌɛvɪˈdɛnʃəl/
- Formal
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evidencial
- The scientist presented evidential data that supported her hypothesis.
- evidential basis
I think there's no single evidential path.
- I think there's no single evidential path.
- So there isn't in that society an evidential basis for this stereotype about gender when you come into it.
- It's quite like a evidential burden of why you want it is pretty high.
Examples
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As she suggests, it may be wiser to consider not what a photograph is of in purely evidential terms.
Academic text (2008) -
So there isn't in that society an evidential basis for this stereotype about gender when you come into it.
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Investigators can track back to the evidential record of the visits and see what actions each party did.
Blog text (16) -
The realm of the Heart and its wisdom gives proof here, plus evidential pieces of information flow in.
Blog text (31) -
"Then it is a legal point, not evidential," Lambert stated with absolute certainty.
Fiction book (1993) -
Finally, Ed confronted Bert with the evidential material that he had gathered.
Fiction book (2000) -
For evidential purposes, yes.
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The charter school movement has attained acclaim as educational reform that is not sustained by juried research or evidential experience.
Academic text (2013) -
I encouraged a worldwide paradigm shift in school librarianship from rhetorical and advocacy defenses to evidential documentation.
Academic text (2015) -
Beyond this, the issue arises for our beleaguered naturalist of justifying an evidential standard for all beliefs, practical and existential.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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8.2
Relating to proof used in court
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9.9
Useful as evidence to prove a fact in court
Antonyms
How Evidential
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word evidential comes from Latin parts that mean 'to see' — the root vid means 'to see', as in visible and evidence. So something evidential is something you can 'see' or use as proof, which is why it means 'based on evidence'.