witness in English: A person who saw something happen and can tell other people about it. (noun)

Translation

A person who saw something happen and can tell other people about it.

Word origin

From Old English witnes, meaning knowledge, from witan, meaning to know.

Gender

Pluralwitnesses

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"Witness" means the person who saw it happen.

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"Witnesses" is the plural form.

witnessed .

Here "witness" is used as a verb, meaning to see it happen.

see

To notice something with your eyes, or to understand it.

watch

To look at something for a time to see what it does or what happens.

law

A rule made by a country that everyone must follow.

judge

A person who decides what is right and wrong in a court of law.

tell

To give information to someone using words.

testify

To tell a court of law what you know or saw, after promising to tell the truth.

testimony

A formal statement that something is true, especially one given in a court of law.

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