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  2. someone who is asked to be present at a particular event and sign their name in order to prove that things have been done correctly: He signed the treaty in the presence of two witnesses. They were married a year after they first met, with two friends acting as witnesses. Fewer examples.

  3. 1. : attestation of a fact or event : testimony. 2. : one that gives evidence. specifically : one who testifies in a cause or before a judicial tribunal. 3. : one asked to be present at a transaction so as to be able to testify to its having taken place. 4. : one who has personal knowledge of something. 5. a.

  4. What does witness mean? A witness is someone who was present at or perceives an incident, event, or occurrence, as in Jamal was a witness to the fact that I completed all my homework. People who witness something typically do so through seeing, although they can also witness a smell or sound.

  5. 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.

  6. Definitions of witness. noun. someone who sees an event and reports what happened. synonyms: informant, witnesser. see more. noun. a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind) synonyms: looker, spectator, viewer, watcher. see more. noun. testimony by word or deed to your religious faith. see more. noun.

  7. 1. To see or know by personal experience: witness a robbery; witness the birth of a new nation. 2. a. To provide or serve as evidence of: The child's laughter witnessed her delight. b. To consider as an example. Often used in the imperative: Even a widespread species can go extinct. Witness the passenger pigeon. 3.

  8. someone who signs their name on an official document to say that they were present when someone else signed it. witness. verb [ T ] uk / ˈwɪtnəs / us. witness verb [T] (SEE) B2. to see something happen, especially an accident or crime: Did anyone witness the attack? witness verb [T] (DOCUMENT)