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eye·wit·ness
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n.
ˈaɪˌwɪt
nɪs, ˈaɪˈwɪt
nɪs;
v.
ˈaɪˌwɪt
nɪs
/
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n.
ahy
-wit-nis,
ahy
-
wit
-nis;
v.
ahy
-wit-nis
]
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noun
1.
a person who actually sees some act, occurrence, or thing and can give a firsthand account of it:
There were two eyewitnesses to the murder.
verb (used with object)
2.
to view with one's own
eyes
:
to eyewitness a murder.
Origin:
1530–40;
eye
+
witness
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eyewitness
(ˈaɪˌwɪtnɪs)
—
n
a. a person present at an event who can describe what happened
b. (
as modifier
):
an eyewitness account
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
eyewitness
1530s (n.), 1844 (v.), from
eye
+
witness
. Related: Eyewitnessed; eyewitnessing.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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