Meaning

7 senses

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

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

    Zeugnis

    свиде́тельствоsvidételʹstvo

    сві́дченняsvídčennja

  2. (countable)One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.

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

    Zeuge, Zeugin

    свиде́тельsvidételʹ, свиде́тельницаsvidételʹnica, очеви́децočevídec

    сві́докsvídok, очеви́децьočevýdecʹ

    someone who sees an event and reports what happened

  3. (countable)Someone called to give evidence in a court.

    The witness for the prosecution did not seem very credible.

    Zeuge, Zeugin

    свиде́тельsvidételʹ, свиде́тельницаsvidételʹnica, понято́йponjatój

    сві́докsvídok, сві́дчийsvídčyj, сві́дчаsvídča

  4. (countable)One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.

    The bridesmaid and best man at a wedding typically serve as the witnesses.

  5. (countable)Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token.

    доказdokaz

  6. (countable, uncountable)A particular version of a text (seen as providing testimony of archetype or other earlier version)

  7. (countable)An additional database server instance used in failover scenarios to decide whether the mirror should take over.

Examples

457 sentences

  1. May I call my first witness?

    Я можу викликати першого свідка? — deniko

    ruЯ могу вызвать своего первого свидетеля? — odexed

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  2. Tom is in the witness chair.

    Том у кріслі свідка. — deniko

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  3. Tom might have been a witness.

    Том, може бути, був свідком. — deniko

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  4. Tom wasn't a very good witness.

    Том не був дуже добрим свідком. — deniko

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  5. Tom is going to be called as a witness.

    Тома викличуть у якості свідка. — deniko

    ruТома вызовут в качестве свидетеля. — marafon

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
attestation of a fact or event:
one who has a personal knowledge of something:
someone called to give evidence in a court:
something that serves as evidence:
Русский
By meaning 3
attestation of a fact or event:
one who has a personal knowledge of something:
someone called to give evidence in a court:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
attestation of a fact or event:
one who has a personal knowledge of something:

Origin

From Middle English witnesse, from Old English ġewitnes, equivalent to wit + -ness. Cognat

From Middle English witnesse, from Old English ġewitnes, equivalent to wit + -ness. Cognate with Middle Dutch wetenisse (“witness, testimony”), Old High German gewiznessi (“testimony”), Icelandic vitni (“witness”).

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Forms

plural: witnesses
Singularwitness
Pluralwitnesses

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

20 related words
Derivedadverse witnessbear witnesscharacter witnesscrown witnessexpert witnesseyewitnessfalse witnessfoundational witnesshostile witnessmaterial witnessstar witnessturncoat witnesswitness boxwitness conewitness-consciousnesswitness markwitness protectionwitness standwitness tamperingzealous witness

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

3 patterns
  • as a witness
  • the only witness
  • was a witness

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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