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# evident

adjective (evident, more evident, most evident)

«evident» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Easy to see or understand; clear and obvious. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evident/#m1)
2. (formal) Shown by the facts, so that people can be sure of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evident/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and maths it means something you can see from the results or the diagram: «it is evident from the table that…». In stories it tells the reader that a feeling or fact is plain to everyone: «her joy was evident». Phrases: it is evident that, self-evident, become evident, evident from.

### Examples

- It was evident that the dog had eaten the cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evident/#x1)
- Her excitement was evident from her huge smile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evident/#x2)
- It is evident from the graph that plants grow faster in sunlight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evident/#x3)
- The damage from the storm was evident everywhere in the town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evident/#x4)
- His nervousness became evident when his voice shook. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evident/#x5)
- The answer was evident once we drew a picture of the problem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evident/#x6)
- It is self-evident that you cannot be in two places at once. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evident/#x7)
- Her evident distress caused the sly Fox much amusement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evident/#x8)

### Note

Related words: evidently (adverb), evidence (noun, the facts that prove something). Do not mix «evident» (clear) with «evidence» (proof). «Self-evident» means so obvious that it needs no proof. It is a slightly formal word; in speech people often say «clear» or «obvious».

## In Jewish tradition

In science and maths it means something you can see from the results or the diagram: «it is evident from the table that…». In stories it tells the reader that a feeling or fact is plain to everyone: «her joy was evident». Phrases: it is evident that, self-evident, become evident, evident from.

### Examples

- fact, inquire about it, and make it so evident, that \[35\] the Creator be acknowledged to be on His throne again. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evident/#x1)
- Comprehend this great wisdom, understand this \[7\] knowledge, inquire into it and ponder on it, render it evident and lead \[8\] the Creator back to His throne again. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evident/#x2)
- Thus it is evident that the twenty-two letters will admit (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evident/#x3)

### Note

Related words: evidently (adverb), evidence (noun, the facts that prove something). Do not mix «evident» (clear) with «evidence» (proof). «Self-evident» means so obvious that it needs no proof. It is a slightly formal word; in speech people often say «clear» or «obvious».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «evident» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/evident/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«evident» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/evident.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «evident» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evident/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«evident» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/evident.html) on Mova free.