in evidence
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4.4
- idiom
:
visible
- Not surprisingly, those qualities were in evidence from her youth.
- much in evidence
- still in evidence
- very in evidence
Not surprisingly, those qualities were in evidence from her youth.
- Not surprisingly, those qualities were in evidence from her youth.
- So there could be a coup at some point, but there's none today in evidence.
- I couldn't care less about metaphysical matters that are so monumentally in evidence.
Examples
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Such approaches are in evidence in recent campaigns against resource extraction, fossil fuel development, and climate destabilization.
Academic text (2017) -
Meanwhile, division and discord were more and more in evidence within the Legislative Assembly as well.
Academic text (1993) -
Few teens were in evidence, and I saw only a few older men.
Academic text (1997) -
There is a broader issue in evidence here that concerns appearances.
Academic text (1997) -
To be effective, the consensus process and collective action must be in evidence locally.
Academic text (1995) -
Rather, change as a concept is continually in evidence in the societal arena.
Academic text (1993) -
Readiness for learning needs to be in evidence when achieving relevant objectives.
Academic text (2000) -
People of all sorts, even Pakistanis and foreigners, are not ordinarily much in evidence in Brighton off season.
Fiction book (1993) -
The improvements in the park's design are in evidence for everyone to see.
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Her talent for painting was certainly in evidence during the art show.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Easy to see or understand
398
1.0
Easy to see or notice
353
3.9
Easy to see or remember because it stands out
317
2.8
Easy to see or understand
203
2.1
Easy to see or understand
65
3.2
Easy to see, hear, or recognize
55
5.1
Easy to see and notice because it stands out
53
5.1
Open and easy to notice, not hidden
43
3.9
Very clear and easy to recognize
26
4.2
Easy to see or notice, often showing a feeling
1
3.5
Very clear and hard to miss
Clearly noticeable because of a special mark
Antonyms
How Visible
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'clearly visible or conspicuous' is related to the noun 'evidence' (something that shows or indicates), and the prepositional pattern 'in + noun' signals presence, so a learner can partly infer that something is 'presently shown' or 'apparent'. However, the fixed phrase 'in evidence' is somewhat formal and not wholly literal—learners may not predict the exact adjectival meaning from the parts alone, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
In evidence comes from the image of proof shown openly: imagine clues or papers put in view as evidence on a table for everyone to see. That's why when something is 'visible' or 'noticeable' we say it is 'in evidence'.