{
    "term": "evident",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "clear; easily seen",
            "sensetop": "evident (to somebody) (that…)evident in/from something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The orchestra played with evident enjoyment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It has now become evident to us that a mistake has been made.",
                    "contextForm": "evident (to somebody) (that…)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The growing interest in history is clearly evident in the number of people visiting museums and country houses.",
                    "contextForm": "evident in/from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The commitment to local products is equally evident on the restaurant's wine list."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The silence of the forest was made evident by the occasional snap of a twig."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The strain of her work schedule became painfully evident as she jetted from New York to London and on to Milan."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their symptoms may be less evident to their caregivers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was evident to me that the mission would fail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is already evident that new roads only generate new traffic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was fairly evident from her tone of voice that she disapproved."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Those characteristics are abundantly evident in Webster's essay."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "obvious",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["from", "in", "to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈevɪdənt/",
                "audio": "ev/evident/evident__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈevɪdənt/",
                "audio": "ev/evident/evident__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin evidens, evident- ‘obvious to the eye or mind’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + videre ‘to see’."
}