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What does witness mean?
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witness Noun

— A witness is somebody who saw something, especially a crime. The journalist spent three years interviewing survivors and witnesses. The hospital has born witness to countless deaths and births. Police took signed statements from the witnesses. The state has no physical evidence and no witnesses. — A witness is somebody who tells a court what they know about a situation, especially a crime. The witness testified that Simpson was ill at the time. Dr. Yazdi, an expert witness, explained how somebody could have used the computer without the owner knowing. She was the key witness for the defense at the trial.

witness Verb

— If you witness something, you see it. She spoke of the terrible events she witnesses during the war. She witnessed some terrible events during the war. — If something witnesses something, it experiences it.

witness

— verb be a witness to She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court — verb (= find, see) perceive or be contemporaneous with We found Republicans winning the offices You'll see a lot of cheating in this school The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions I want to see results — noun someone who sees an event and reports what happened — noun (= spectator, viewer, watcher) a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind) the spectators applauded the performance television viewers sky watchers discovered a new star — noun testimony by word or deed to your religious faith — noun (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature — noun (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law

Synonyms witness synonyms

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witness English » English

testify see testimony eyewitness evidence eye-witness certify attest attend vouch testifier spectator proof bear witness observe attestor witnesser prove observer be present watcher voucher onlooker looker look on informant deponent certificate behold bear witness of attestant warrant viewer token present martyr inspect find deposition demonstrate certification beholder authenticate attester attestator attest to affirm witness for watch vouchee

Topics witness topics

What do people use witness to talk about?
Social behavior Law Trial

Witness, testify
Person Sense, perceive

See
Language and thought Communication Say True

Tell the truth
Social behavior Law

Court of law
Language and thought Communication Interpreting messages

Show, indicate

Conjugation witness conjugation

How do you conjugate witness?

witness · verb

Examples witness examples

How do I use witness in a sentence?

Simple sentences

We can't call Tom as a witness.
Tom was a witness.
But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.
Tom was a witness to the accident.
This fact bears witness to his innocence.
He was the only witness of the accident.
They attempted in vain to bribe the witness.
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness, and a democracy was saved. Yes, we can.
The policeman protected the witness.
The witness stated his name.
The witness did not seem nervous when he spoke at the trial.
Have you ever been a witness in a court case?
Our only witness is refusing to testify.
Tom is the only witness to the crime.
Do you believe the witness's statement?
I can bear witness to his innocence.
Can you put them on the witness stand?
The witness perjured herself on the stand.

Movie subtitles

As God as my witness, he's gonna fry.
I'll need a witness.
This is a witness statement, Mr London.
Miss Palmer. A witness claims he may have seen someone with your mother.
Did anyone witness her uttering this threat?
All Murdoch would say is that she was a witness.
A witness to what?
I heard that Lydia was a witness to something.
A workman informs the astronomers that if they would ascend to the roof, they will witness a splendid spectacle: the casting of the gun.
I am imprisoned in his house, together with a witness of his crime. Set both of us free, before it is too late.
A memorial statue of noble Nydia is a silent witness of Ione and Glaucus's happy life.
I hope that I shall see you here soon to be witness of my happiness.
I bear witness by this means having sold my lot called the Devil's Field to Peter Rog for the sum of twelve thousand marks.
Max is late for the civil registration for marriage that the couple hopes to witness.
God be my witness! I'm the strongest.
The first witness was Mrs Anna Harper, a maid of the deceased.
Testimony of the second witness.
The testimony of the third witness.
The third witness was engineer Lebel and he tells of how he is one day visited by Monro, who is uncomfortably surprised to see him in good health.
An uninvited witness.
An accidental witness.
Call witness Georges Barreau.
Mr. Bonneau, we have a witness claiming it was 3 AM.
However, one point has been contradicted by a witness whose honesty is above suspicion.
Call the next witness.
Your Honor. Before giving my closing argument, I'd like to call a new witness, of whom we were just made aware.
Call the witness.
She tries to move the rear-admiral to provide count Spinelli as a witness. She tries to move the rear-admiral to provide count Spinelli as a witness.
To bear witness to the truth that if the world war is to be crowned by peace, the world must disarm.
Lady, I've seen this guy three times in my life. and all three times he was on a witness stand testifying that someone was nuts.
There will be a bellboy and a waiter to witness the very tender scene. when we learn that I'm called to Europe.
My wife will be the witness.
As God is my witness. As God is my witness, they're not going to lick me.
If I have to lie, steal, cheat, or kill. as God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again!
Go ahead, get her on the witness stand.
I presume you are here to witness the transfer of the estates to our charming friend?
And now if you will witness the transfer with your signature, Senor Havez.
And what a witness.
She can't speak. She can't bear witness.

News and current affairs

This year's Cup, unlike the previous one in Japan and South Korea in 2002, didn't witness any real upsets in the first round.
But generational change need not be accompanied by economic reform and steps towards political liberalization - witness North Korea under Kim Il Sung's son, Kim Jong Il.
Witness, for example, Ireland's veto of the institutional reforms adopted at the EU's Nice summit in December 2000 - reforms without which enlargement cannot go forward.
Indeed, the pundits have a point: if the current economic near-stagnation in Siberia persists, the world will witness a second, epic edition of Finlandization, this time in the east.
If America does recover to the previous long-run trend, the next decade will likely witness a construction boom that puts the mid-2000's boom in the shade.
It is disturbing to witness the deterioration of a once elegant, intellectually lively, and highly independent companion of more than four decades.
Not every rising power leads to war - witness America's overtaking of Britain at the end of the nineteenth century.
Ordinary internet users can also write about events they witness and broadcast their reports online, making the suppression of important breaking news almost impossible.
Not all of the sources of soft power were American - witness the role of the BBC and the Beatles.
The rich may feel that clever words will absolve them of responsibility, but the hungry and dying stand witness to the tragic realities.
Some want that partnership to include trade in advanced weaponry-witness the recent push to remove the EU's 15-year-old ban on arms sales to China.
Soft power without the backing of hard power changes little: witness Iran.
Witness Catholicism's pro-democratic transformation.
Witness how Facebook overtook MySpace in social networks, or how Apple upended the market for smartphones - or how new services and markets are constantly being invented.
Or will we witness attempts to downplay the calamity and return to business as usual as soon as possible?
Witness the upheaval in North Africa and the Middle East.
Witness how otherwise sensible adults are reduced to nervously grinning sycophants when they are granted the privilege of touching an extended royal hand.
States that are so regarded consistently punch above their weight - witness the Scandinavians.
But now we see Asian companies beginning to acquire valuable US-owned economic assets - witness India's Tata Group's proposed acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford.
Just last year, one could witness fistfights in parliaments ranging from Iraq to Taiwan, Turkey, and, most spectacularly, Ukraine.
For the sake of human rights and peace in the region, my hope is that the international community will bear witness to these circumstances, consider Judge Goldstone's report in its entirety and press for accountability for the most serious crimes.
My hope is that I can witness a third economic transformation in my lifetime, this time in Ethiopia and other countries in Africa.
Two decades after the Rwandan genocide, we continue to bear witness to human cruelty and horror - in Syria, South Sudan, and the Central African Republic, for example.
As the Olympic torch relay - itself a creation of the Nazis, first employed in the Berlin Games - makes its way down Speer Jr.'s avenue of power, the world will once again be made to witness a triumph of the totalitarian will.

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