evidují

Evidují is the third person plural present tense form of the Czech verb evidovat. The basic meaning of evidovat is to record, register, or document information in an official or systematic way. In legal, administrative, and statistical contexts, evidovat also implies compiling data or establishing a set of records that can be consulted later. The noun form related to this concept is evidence or evidence-based records in Czech usage, and the verb is commonly found in bureaucratic language as well as in news reports and official statements.

In everyday language, evidovat is often used to describe routine administrative tasks, such as maintaining registries, inventories, or lists. It can convey the act of collecting data for documentation or for a formal record. In law enforcement or public administration, evidovat is used to indicate that suspects, cases, or assets are being logged in a system; for example, policie eviduje podezřelé osoby (the police are recording suspects) or úřady evidují nové případy (the authorities are recording new cases). In statistics and business, organizations evidují data or zásoby (records or inventories).

Forma and usage notes: evidují is a standard, neutral form appropriate for formal writing. Related verbs include zaznamenat / zaznamenávat (to record, to log) and registrovat (to register). In many non-technical contexts, zaznamenávat may be preferred for a more general sense of noting something down, while evidovat emphasizes official recording and keeping of records.

See also: evidence, evidence registrovat, zaznamenat.