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witness
[ wit-nis ]
verb (used with object)
- to see, hear, or know by personal presence and perception:
to witness an accident.
- to be present at (an occurrence) as a formal witness, spectator, bystander, etc.:
She witnessed our wedding.
- to bear witness to; testify to; give or afford evidence of.
- to attest by one's signature:
He witnessed her will.
verb (used without object)
- to bear witness; testify; give or afford evidence.
noun
- an individual who, being present, personally sees or perceives a thing; a beholder, spectator, or eyewitness.
- a person or thing that affords evidence.
- a person who gives testimony, as in a court of law.
- a person who signs a document attesting the genuineness of its execution.
- testimony or evidence:
to bear witness to her suffering.
Synonyms: substantiation, confirmation, proof
- (initial capital letter) a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
witness
/ ˈwɪtnɪs /
noun
- a person who has seen or can give first-hand evidence of some event
- a person or thing giving or serving as evidence
- a person who testifies, esp in a court of law, to events or facts within his own knowledge
- a person who attests to the genuineness of a document, signature, etc, by adding his own signature
- bear witness
- to give written or oral testimony
- to be evidence or proof of testimonial
verb
- tr to see, be present at, or know at first hand
- to give or serve as evidence (of)
- tr to be the scene or setting of
this field has witnessed a battle
- intr to testify, esp in a court of law, to events within a person's own knowledge
- tr to attest to the genuineness of (a document, signature, etc) by adding one's own signature
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Derived Forms
- ˈwitnesser, noun
- ˈwitnessable, adjective
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Other Words From
- wit·ness·a·ble adjective
- wit·ness·er noun
- pre·wit·ness noun verb (used with object)
- self-wit·ness noun
- self-wit·nessed adjective
- well-wit·nessed adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of witness1
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Example Sentences
One witness said the gunfire began after a traffic collision, which drew the attention of a nearby police officer.
The mother, Emily Kruse, was charged with obstructing justice and intimidating a witness.
Jay, the main witness for the state, is leading a relatively normal life, though that probably has all changed with Serial.
There is no perfect juror, just as there is no such thing as a perfect witness.
“The senior people were too shocked to speak,” said a witness.
At his desk sat his secretary, who had been a witness of the interview, lost in wonder almost as great as the Seneschal's own.
And now everybody turned out with a feeling of intense relief to witness the rejoicings on the village green.
The endless miles of railways, the vast apparatus of the factories, the soaring structures of the cities bear easy witness to it.
In a thousand trials the cruel witness of Moses has sent innocent women to a painful death.
Seven years from this present time will witness the Centenary of the railway system.
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