witness (n.)

  1. someone who sees an event and reports what happened

    [ Syn: witnesser , witnesser , informant , informant ]

  2. 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

    [ Syn: spectator , viewer , watcher , looker ]

  3. testimony by word or deed to your religious faith

  4. (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

    [ Syn: attestant , attestor , attestator ]

  5. (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law

    witness (v.)

  1. be a witness to; She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court'

  2. perceive or be contemporaneous with; We found Republicans winning the offices; Youll see a lot of cheating in this school; The 1960s saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions; I want to see results

    [ Syn: find , see ]

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