Evident Meaning
/ˈɛv.ɪ.dənt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjObviously true by simple observation.
Sentence Examples
It's evident that you told a lie.
He is a foreigner, as is evident from his accent.
The orchestra played with evident enjoyment.
CEFR Practice Quiz
It was ____ from her frown that she disliked the surprise party.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The child's talent for music became ____ when she started playing the piano at age four.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English evident, from Old French evident, 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”). Displaced native Old English sweotol.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
It was ____ from her frown that she disliked the surprise party.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The child's talent for music became ____ when she started playing the piano at age four.