evident

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.vɪ.dənt/

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Adjective

evident (comparative more evident, superlative most evident)

1. Obviously true by simple observation; eyely.

   It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.

   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in The Dust of Conflict‎:

     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.

Etymology

From Latin ēvidēns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ə.viˈdent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ə.biˈden/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /e.viˈdent/

Adjective

evident (masculine and feminine plural evidents)

1. obvious; evident

Further reading

• “evident” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Adjective

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

1. obvious; evident