ALL meanings of witness
wit·ness
W w - noun witness A person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place. 1
- noun witness observer 1
- transitive verb witness see, observe 1
- noun witness person giving evidence 1
- transitive verb witness formally observe 1
- verb with object witness to see, hear, or know by personal presence and perception: to witness an accident. 1
- verb with object witness to be present at (an occurrence) as a formal witness, spectator, bystander, etc.: She witnessed our wedding. 1
- verb with object witness to bear witness to; testify to; give or afford evidence of. 1
- verb with object witness to attest by one's signature: He witnessed her will. 1
- verb without object witness to bear witness; testify; give or afford evidence. 1
- noun witness an individual who, being present, personally sees or perceives a thing; a beholder, spectator, or eyewitness. 1
- noun witness a person or thing that affords evidence. 1
- noun witness a person who gives testimony, as in a court of law. 1
- noun witness a person who signs a document attesting the genuineness of its execution. 1
- noun witness testimony or evidence: to bear witness to her suffering. 1
- noun witness (initial capital letter) a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses. 1
- noun witness (Uncountable Noun) Attestation of a fact or event; testimony. 0
- noun witness (Countable Noun) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something. 0
- noun witness (Countable Noun) Someone called to give evidence in a court. 0
- noun witness (Countable Noun) Something that serves as evidence; a sign. 0
- verb witness (Transitive Verb) To furnish proof of, to show. 0
- verb witness (Transitive Verb) To take as evidence. 0
- verb witness (Transitive Verb) To see or gain knowledge of through experience. 0
- verb witness (Intransitive Verb) (construed with to or for) To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of. 0
- verb witness To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity. 0
- countable noun witness A witness to an event such as an accident or crime is a person who saw it. 0
- verb witness If you witness something, you see it happen. 0
- countable noun witness A witness is someone who appears in a court of law to say what they know about a crime or other event. 0
- countable noun witness A witness is someone who writes their name on a document that you have signed, to confirm that it really is your signature. 0
- verb witness If someone witnesses your signature on a document, they write their name after it, to confirm that it really is your signature. 0
- verb witness If you say that a place, period of time, or person witnessed a particular event or change, you mean that it happened in that place, during that period of time, or while that person was alive. 0
- verb witness You use witness to introduce an example of what you have just been talking about. 0
- noun witness a person who has seen or can give first-hand evidence of some event 0
- noun witness a person or thing giving or serving as evidence 0
- noun witness a person who testifies, esp in a court of law, to events or facts within his or her own knowledge 0
- noun witness a person who attests to the genuineness of a document, signature, etc, by adding his or her own signature 0
- verb witness to see, be present at, or know at first hand 0
- verb witness to give or serve as evidence (of) 0
- verb witness to be the scene or setting of 0
- verb witness to testify, esp in a court of law, to events within one's own knowledge 0
- verb witness to attest to the genuineness of (a document, signature, etc) by adding one's own signature 0
- noun witness an attesting of a fact, statement, etc.; evidence; testimony 0
- noun witness a person who saw, or can give a firsthand account of, something 0
- noun witness a person who testifies in court 0
- noun witness a person called upon to observe a transaction, signing, etc. in order to testify concerning it if it is later held in question 0
- noun witness something providing or serving as evidence 0
- verb transitive witness to testify to 0
- verb transitive witness to serve as evidence of 0
- verb transitive witness to act as witness of, often, in proof thereof, signing a statement that one has done so 0
- verb transitive witness to be present at; see personally 0