ev ‧ i ‧ dent AC /ˈevəd ə nt, ˈevɪd ə nt/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: adverb : ↑ evidently ; adjective : ↑ evident ]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: French ; Origin: Latin evidens , from e- 'out' + the present participle of videre 'to see' ]
easy to see, notice, or understand SYN obvious , clear
evident that
It was evident that she was unhappy.
It soon became evident that she was seriously ill.
It was clearly evident that the company was in financial difficulties.
evident to
It was evident to me that he was not telling the truth.
evident in
The growing popularity of the subject is evident in the numbers of students wanting to study it.
Bob ate his lunch with evident enjoyment.
⇨ ↑ self-evident