Collocations for evidence - noun

abundant, ample, considerable, extensive, plentiful, significant, substantial, sufficient, widespread
There is ample evidence that the world is getting hotter.

growing, increasing, mounting
clear, compelling, conclusive, convincing, decisive, definitive, good, hard, incontrovertible, irrefutable, overwhelming, persuasive, positive, powerful, solid, striking, strong, unambiguous, unequivocal
adequate
flimsy, inadequate, insufficient, limited, little, scant
concrete, direct, firm, first-hand, objective, physical, tangible
The figures provide concrete evidence of the bank's claim.

credible
We found no credible evidence to support this allegation.

indirect
available, current, present
Available evidence points to pilot error as the cause of the crash.

additional, fresh, further, more, new
crucial, important, valuable, vital
They accused the prosecution of withholding crucial evidence.

prima facie (law)
I'll accept this as prima facie evidence that there might be a problem.

corroborating, corroborative, supporting
They convicted the wrong man on the basis of a signed confession with no corroborative evidence.

conflicting
Another team of scientists has come up with conflicting evidence.

damning, incriminating
The scandal is damning evidence of the government's contempt for democracy.

anecdotal, circumstantial, material
There is plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest that crime is beginning to rise.
There was a mass of circumstantial evidence linking Watson to the murder.

documentary, observational, photographic, statistical, textual, video (esp. BrE), visible, visual
The court was shown photographic evidence.

archaeological, empirical, factual, formal, historical
clinical, DNA, experimental, forensic, medical, scientific
false
She admitted giving false evidence to the court.

piece
scrap
She mulled over these scraps of evidence.

body, mass
A body of evidence emerged suggesting that smoking tobacco caused serious diseases.

have
We do not have the evidence to prove these claims.

look for, search for
accumulate, collect, come across, come up with, discover, find, gather, obtain, produce, uncover
Scientists have found fresh evidence to suggest that a huge explosion led to the extinction.

offer (sb), provide (sb with), show (sb)
The tapes provided evidence of her intentions.

give, present (sb with), reveal
She was hoping she would not have to give evidence in court.

see
He says he's been working hard, but I haven't seen any evidence of it.

consider, examine, study
evaluate, weigh
They will weigh this evidence and come to a rational conclusion.

review
cite (sth as)
The team cited evidence from a recent earthquake to back up their idea.
The rise in crime is often cited as evidence of a general breakdown of authority.

submit, use sth in
The police officer took a statement which was later used in evidence.

hear
We must wait to hear his evidence before we make any judgement.

admit, allow
The judge can decide whether to admit or exclude evidence.

exclude
destroy
Prosecutors say they destroyed evidence related to the case.

exist
come to light, emerge
accumulate, grow, mount
Evidence is accumulating that a defective gene may be responsible for this disease.

confirm sth, demonstrate sth, establish sth, indicate sth, point to sth, prove sth, reveal sth, show sth, suggest sth, support sth
The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.

be based on sth, be derived from sth, come from sth
evidence of growing poverty based on extensive surveys

contradict sth
No new evidence has contradicted this research.

implicate sb/sth, link sb/sth
evidence linking her to the crime

as evidence
He cited Australia's success as evidence for his theory.

in evidence
A photo of the victim's injuries was produced in evidence.

on … evidence
On present evidence the team will be lucky to make the final.

on the evidence of
On the evidence of his latest exhibition, Miller is an artist who is past his best.

evidence about, evidence concerning, evidence regarding, evidence relating to
The team have been collecting evidence about war crimes.

evidence against
The woman went to court to give evidence against her attacker.

evidence for
What evidence do you have for that claim?

evidence from
evidence from historical documents

evidence of
Scientists are looking for evidence of life on other planets.

evidence on
The first chapter reviews the evidence on how children learn language.

to be in evidence
a trend that has been much in evidence in recent years

in the face of evidence, in the teeth of evidence
The company denies, in the face of overwhelming evidence, that smoking causes cancer.

in the light of evidence
In the light of new evidence, a new enquiry into the crash is likely to take place.

lack of evidence
The kidnapping charge was dropped because of lack of evidence.

not a scrap of evidence, not a shred of evidence
He made the accusations without a shred of evidence to back them up.