EVIDENT


Meaning of EVIDENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈe-və-dənt, -və-ˌdent ]

adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin evident-, evidens, from e- + vident-, videns, present participle of vidēre to see — more at wit

Date: 14th century

: clear to the vision or understanding

Synonyms:

evident , manifest , patent , distinct , obvious , apparent , plain , clear mean readily perceived or apprehended. evident implies presence of visible signs that lead one to a definite conclusion

an evident fondness for sweets

manifest implies an external display so evident that little or no inference is required

manifest hostility

patent applies to a cause, effect, or significant feature that is clear and unmistakable once attention has been directed to it

patent defects

distinct implies such sharpness of outline or definition that no unusual effort to see or hear or comprehend is required

a distinct refusal

obvious implies such ease in discovering that it often suggests conspicuousness or little need for perspicacity in the observer

the obvious solution

apparent is very close to evident except that it may imply more conscious exercise of inference

for no apparent reason

plain suggests lack of intricacy, complexity, or elaboration

her feelings about him are plain

clear implies an absence of anything that confuses the mind or obscures the pattern

a clear explanation

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.