phrase · academic
this is evident in
UK/ðɪs ɪz ˈevɪdənt ɪn/US/ðɪs ɪz ˈɛvɪdənt ɪn/this·is·EVID·ent·in
Used to point to evidence or an example that shows what was just stated.
Examples
“The success of urban recycling programmes is evident in the falling amount of landfill waste.”
“Public opinion has shifted, and this is evident in recent election results.”
“Improved exam scores show the policy worked; this is evident in the pupils' higher grades.”
Band 8 sentence
“The decline in small retailers' profits is evident in the commercial vacancy rates recorded across city centres over the past decade.”
Collocations
- this is evident in + noun phrase (the data/the statistics/the increase)
- evident in the figures
Word family
Common mistakes
This is evident on the statistics.→This is evident in the statistics.
It is evident that the data.→This is evident in the data.
Say it for a higher band
5you can see→6this shows that→7+this is evident in
Synonyms
this is clear from
Easily confused
this is reflected in
“The rise in online shopping is reflected in the reduced footfall at many city centre stores.”
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