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eyewitness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈaɪˌwɪt.nəs/

Etymology

From eye + witness.

Meanings

1. Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.
   • There was no eyewitness report or independent confirmation for the strike near the town of Mareesa that was also reported by the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television network. 2015 July 20, Ayman Al-Warfalli, “Libyan planes sink ship, attack another near Benghazi: spokesmen”, in Reuters:
   • The evidence of eyewitnesses and the distance travelled after the initial derailment confirmed that the train was travelling at 45 to 50 m.p.h. as it became derailed. 1960 September 14, “Talking of Trains: Accident at Holmes Chapel”, in Trains Illustrated, page 522:
   • And the girl's fate he could picture as plainly as though he were an eyewitness to it. 1915, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan:

Forms

Translations (63)

nl ooggetuige (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · tg шоҳид (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · mn гэрч (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · grc αὐτόπτης (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · ca testimoni ocular (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · tr görgü tanığı (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · kk куә (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · th ประจักษ์พยาน (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · ru очеви́дец (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · sq dëshmitar okular (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · ar شاهد عيان (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · ota شاهد عین (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · bg очевидец (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · id saksi mata (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · ml ദൃക്സാക്ഷി (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · it testimone oculare (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · ba шаһит (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · de Augenzeuge (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · ru свиде́тель (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · sh očevidac (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · lv aculiecinieks (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · lt liùdininkas (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · fa شاهد عینی (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · cs očitý svědek (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · hy ականատես (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · hy վկա (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · lb Aenzeien (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · uz guvoh (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · pt testemunha ocular (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · fi silminnäkijä (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · hu szemtanú (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · ka თვითმხილველის (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · kk көз көрген (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · nb øyenvitne (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · fr témoin oculaire (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · nb øyevitne (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · af ooggetuie (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · he עד ראיה (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · da øjenvidne (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · el αυτόπτης μάρτυρας (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · uk очеви́дець m самови́дець (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · cmn 目擊證人 /目击证人 (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · th สักขีพยาน (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · mk оче́видец (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · nn augnevitne (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · ko 목격자 (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · es testigo ocular (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · la arbitra (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · nn augevitne (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · la arbiter (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · hi साक्षी (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · cmn 目擊者 /目击者 (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · hi गवाह (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · ja 実見者 (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · pl naoczny świadek (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · ja 目撃者 (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · de Augenzeugin (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · hi प्रत्यक्षदर्शी (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · be відавочца (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · fi silminnäkijätodistaja (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · ro martor ocular (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · az şahid (person who has seen and can testify about an event) · sv ögonvittne (person who has seen and can testify about an event)

eyewitness en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈaɪˌwɪt.nəs/

Etymology

From eye + witness.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To be present at an event or incident, and see and observe it.

Forms