witness

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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noun, verb
+ noun
person who sees sth
1 (also eyewitness) [C] a person who sees sth happen and is able to describe it to other people: Police have appealed for witnesses to the accident. + We have a witness to the killing.
in court of law
2 [C] a person who gives evidence in a court of law: a defence / prosecution witness + to appear as (a) witness for the defence / prosecution + Several witnesses testified that there had been two gunmen.
of signature
3 [C] a person who is present when an official document is signed and who also signs it to prove that they saw this happen
of religious beliefs
4 [U] evidence of a person's strong religious beliefs, that they show by what they say and do in public
See also - JEHOVAH'S WITNESS
Idioms: be (a) witness to sth
1 (formal) to see sth take place: He has been witness to a terrible murder.
2 (written) to show that sth is true; to provide evidence for sth: His good health is a witness to the success of the treatment.
bear / give witness (to sth) to provide evidence of the truth of sth: The crowd of mourners at his funeral bore witness to the great affection in which he was held.
+ verb
see sth
1 [VN] to see sth happen because you are there when it happens: She was shocked by the violent scenes she had witnessed. + Police have appealed for anyone who witnessed the incident to contact them. + The novel is based on an event that he himself had witnessed. + I couldn't bear to witness their suffering. + We are now witnessing an unprecedented increase in violent crime. + We had witnessed one of the most outstanding theatrical performances of the decade.
of time / place
2 [VN] to be the place, period, organization, etc. in which particular events take place: Recent years have witnessed a growing social mobility. + The retail trade is witnessing a sharp fall in sales. + Europe witnessed massive political change in the late 1980s.
signature
3 [VN] to be present when an official document is signed and sign it yourself to prove that you saw this happen: to witness a signature + The document was witnessed by a lawyer.
be sign / proof
4 [VN] [usually passive] to be a sign or proof of sth: There has been increasing interest in her life and work, as witnessed by the publication of two new biographies.
5 [VN] (formal) used in orders when giving an example that proves sth you have just said: Authentic Italian cooking is very healthy-witness the low incidence of heart disease in Italy.
in court of law
6 [V] ~ (to sth) (law or formal) to give evidence about sth in a court of law
to religious beliefs
7 [V] ~ (to sth) (especially AmE) to speak to people about your strong religious beliefs

Thesaurus dictionary

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n.

1 observer, onlooker, spectator, viewer, eyewitness, bystander, watcher, Rare earwitness:

Were you a witness to what took place here?

2 deponent, testifier, corroborating witness, corroborator:

The defence will call its witnesses today.

3 bear witness (to or of). testify (to), attest (to), be or give or provide or furnish or constitute evidence or proof or testimony (of or to), verify, confirm, corroborate, show, prove:

The bent poker bears witness to the violence of the attack.

v.

4 see, observe, watch, look on or at, view, behold, mark, note, notice, take in, Colloq spot, catch:

I did witness the way they looked at each other.

5 countersign, sign, certify, endorse, substantiate, document, certificate:

Would you mind witnessing our signatures, Miss Cabot?

6 See 3, above.

witticism

n.

pun, quip, play on words, bon mot, jest, joke, epigram, clever remark, sally, Archaic or literary conceit, Colloq gag, one-liner:

Clive is just as likely to utter a witticism as say something excruciatingly banal.

Collocation dictionary

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¹ person who sees sth

ADJ.

eye

(also

eyewitness)

An eyewitness account described the plane as a ‘fireball’.

| crucial, key, material, vital

As the last person to see her alive, he was a material witness in the case.

| independent | credible, reliable, unimpeachable | unreliable

VERB + WITNESS

appeal for

The police are appealing for witnesses.

| trace

Police have so far failed to trace any witnesses to the attack.

WITNESS + VERB

come forward

Two witnesses came forward with evidence.

WITNESS + NOUN

account, statement

PREP.

~ to

a witness to murder

² in a court of law

ADJ.

chief, main, principal

the defence's chief witness

| hostile | reluctant, unwilling | defence | prosecution, state | expert | character | civilian, police

VERB + WITNESS

call

The defence called their first witness.

| appear as

She appeared as a character witness.

| swear in | cross-examine, examine, interrogate, interview, question | hear | discredit | intimidate, threaten

A judicial enquiry was ordered, but witnesses were threatened and none would testify.

| suborn

He was charged with conspiracy to suborn witnesses.

WITNESS + VERB

take the stand

The next witness took the stand.

| give evidence, testify | make a statement, state sth | identify sb

She was the only witness to identify Peters as the attacker.

WITNESS + NOUN

box, stand | summons

PHRASES

a witness for the defence/prosecution

³ of a signature

VERB + WITNESS

act as

WITNESS + VERB

sign

PREP.

~ to

Would you be willing to act as a witness to my signature when I sign my will?

Concise English dictionary

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witnesses|witnessed|witnessing'wɪtnɪs
noun
+someone who sees an event and reports what happened
+a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
+testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
+(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
+(law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
verb
+be a witness to
+perceive or be contemporaneous with

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