evident

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɛv.ɪ.dənt/ (UK)
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/ˈɛv.ɪ.dənt/ (UK) · /ˈɛv.ə.dənt/ (US)

Definition of evident

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Obviously true by simple observation.
    “It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.”
    “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.”

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Etymology

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.

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