Witness Meaning and Definition


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Witness meaning

Word: Witness

How to pronounce:

Noun

Definitions:

1. A person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.

Example sentences: "Police are appealing for witnesses to the accident"

2. Evidence; proof.

Example sentences: "The memorial service was witness to the wide circle of his interest"

3. A member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

Example sentences: "I haven't been one for some time. That doesn't mean, though, that I'm not a witness of Jehovah."

Verb

Definitions:

1. See (an event, typically a crime or accident) take place.

Example sentences: "A bartender who witnessed the murder"

2. Have knowledge of (an event or change) from personal observation or experience.

Example sentences: "What we are witnessing is the birth of a new political entity"

3. (of a person) openly profess one's religious faith.

Example sentences: "Our duty is to witness to God"


Synonyms:

bystander

eyewitness

testifier

deponent

testimony

evidence

attestation

bear witness

testament

corroboration

testimonial

confirmation

documentation

prove

see

behold

observe

find

perceive

testify

attest

certify

authenticate

vouch

spectator

watcher

viewer

notice

spy

view

look

sight

eye

undergo

endure

note

remark


Derivations:

witnessing

witnessed


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Witness in Other Languages...

Spanish: Testigo

German: Zeuge

French: Témoin

Italian: Testimonianza

Turkish: Tanık


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