Definition & Meaning of "Witness"

[wˈɪtnəs]

[ˈwɪtnəs]

witness

[ˈwɪtnəs]

NOUN

a person who sees an event, especially a criminal scene

[witness] - testimony by word or deed to your religious faith

[witness] - a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)

[witness] - (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

[witness] - (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law

[ˈwɪtnəs]

VERB

to see an act of crime or an accident

[to witness] - perceive or be contemporaneous with

synonyms: find,see

1. Iranian photographer Kaveh Golestan witnessed the gas attacks from a helicopter.

2. The world witnessed the biggest protest here in Hong Kong in decades.

3. We witnessed an alliance between an elected head of state and a violent extremist organization on full display.

4. and witness an ancient Neapolitan blood ritual.

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