Witness

Quick meaning: Witness is a noun meaning (uncountable) Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.

Meaning

(uncountable) Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.

More Meanings

1. (countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
2. (countable, law) Someone called to give evidence in a court.
3. (countable) One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.
4. (countable) Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token.
5. (textual criticism) A particular version of a text (seen as providing testimony of archetype or other earlier version)
6. (countable, databases) An additional database server instance used in failover scenarios to decide whether the mirror should take over.
7. (transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.

Example Sentences

We have as much witness from heaven as we need.

She can bear witness, since she was there at the time.

As a witness to the event, I can confirm that he really said that.

Ob. 16 can show that every nation will get at least this much witness

Word Forms

• witnesses
• witnesse
• witnessing
• witnessed

Synonyms for witness

Depending on context, synonyms include certify, see, watcher, informant, spectator, viewer.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include see, watcher, spectator, viewer, informant, testifier.

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