The weight of evidence; two cans of coffee, 3 loaves of bread. 4 bottles of wine, and so on. The containers are countable but not the contents.The ' weights of evidence' would be wrong because 'evidence' is an abstract concept. We can't touch 'evidence' but 'types of evidence' such as hair samples, photographs, documents are countable.
Evidence means:- A thing or things helpful in forming a conclusion or judgment: The broken window was evidence that a burglary had taken place. Scientists weigh the evidence for and against a hypothesis. [American Heritage Dictionary via the Free Dictionary]. Proof means:- The evidence or argument that compels the mind to accept an assertion as ...
Evidenced Be or show evidence of: 'The quality of the bracelet, as evidenced by the workmanship, is exceptional' The thing that is being achieved in your sample sentence is the evidencing of the "ability to collaborate with people from culturally diverse backgrounds", the means of achieving it is the "success in the US, Europe and Asia.".
This is because evidence is a non-count noun, so you can't talk about "an evidence" or "another evidence". This was previously addressed in the question, "Is 'evidence' countable?" You could talk about "more evidence" or "further evidence" to avoid the wordier (but just as correct) "another piece of evidence".
Is it fine to used evidence as verb? For eg. the study evidenced that.... If not, what other better word can be used in the place of evidence as a verb? Note: I find evidence can be used as a ve...
The proof = evidence meaning is the primary sense given in all the 6 online dictionaries I've checked in. Thus Collins has: proof n 1. any evidence that establishes or helps to establish the truth, validity, quality, etc, of something. There are many senses besides the 'evidence' and the mathematical 'series of steps to prove' (RHK Webster's gives 13 nounal senses). I've just illustrated count ...
There "is not" evidence. Reading this you should make a pause between not and evidence or emphasize "is not". Like There isn't evidence. e.g. There is not given evidence. Either you refer to the presence of nothing or the absence of something that might be evidence. In "normal" word order this sounds queer but is more clearly.
A person might honestly and objectively present all of the known facts about a case and then make a conjecture as to what conclusion these facts point to. This wouldn't involve a biased presentation of the evidence to support the conclusion. Can you provide a dictionary definition of conjecture that fits the situation that the poster describes?
I'm wondering if there's a word for the situation where someone who disbelieves or dismisses ideas with lots of strong evidence (apparently due to failing to meet their standard), is dramatically espousing a new belief based on evidence that doesn't even meet the aforementioned, apparently insufficient standard of evidence.
