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English noun: witness | |||
| 1. | witness (person) someone who sees an event and reports what happened | ||
| Synonyms | informant, witnesser | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient, speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | attestant, attester, deponent, deposer, testifier | ||
| 2. | witness (person) a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind) | ||
| Samples | The spectators applauded the performance. Television viewers. Sky watchers discovered a new star. | ||
| Synonyms | looker, spectator, viewer, watcher | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | browser, bystander, cheerer, eyewitness, gawker, looker-on, motion-picture fan, moviegoer, ogler, onlooker, peeper, Peeping Tom, playgoer, rubberneck, rubbernecker, spy, starer, theatergoer, theatregoer, voyeur | ||
| 3. | witness (communication) testimony by word or deed to your religious faith | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | testimony | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | shahadah | ||
| 4. | witness (person) (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature | ||
| Synonyms | attestant, attestator, attestor | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | signatory, signer | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
| 5. | witness (person) (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adverse witness, character witness, expert witness, hostile witness, lay witness, material witness | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
English verb: witness | |||
| 1. | witness (perception) be a witness to | ||
| Samples | She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | watch | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | eyewitness | ||
| 2. | witness (perception) perceive or be contemporaneous with | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | find, see | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | experience, go through, see | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | catch | ||
| Verb group | discover, find, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see | ||
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