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[ adjective ] clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses
Examples "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields" "evident hostility" "manifest disapproval" "patent advantages" "made his meaning plain" "in plain view" Used in print (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)This fact is evident in the recruitment of new members . In_general , friendly contact with a member followed by contact with a clergyman will account_for a major share of recruitment by the churches , making it quite evident that the extension of economic integration through co-optation is the principal form of mission in the contemporary church ; economic integration and co-optation are the two methods by which Protestants associate with and recruit from the neighborhood . It now becomes evident that the denominational church is intimately involved_with the economy of middle-class culture , for it serves to crystallize the social_class identity of middle-class residential groupings . (Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)By her eighteenth birthday her bent for writing was so evident that Papa and Mamma gave her a Life_of_Dickens as a spur to her aspiration . (87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)Nowhere has this decline been more painfully evident than in the New_York_City area . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] capable of being seen or noticed
Synonyms Examples "a discernible change in attitude" "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript" "an observable change in behavior" Used in print (A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)It is evident that Swadesh has not_only had much experience with basic vocabulary in many languages but has acquired great tact and feeling for the expectable behavior of lexical items . Related terms |
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