"witness" meaning in English

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    },
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  "hyphenation": "wit‧ness",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The journalist spent three years interviewing survivors and witnesses."
        },
        {
          "text": "The hospital has born witness to countless deaths and births."
        },
        {
          "text": "Police took signed statements from the witnesses."
        },
        {
          "text": "The state has no physical evidence and no witnesses."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A witness is somebody who saw something, especially a crime."
      ],
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          "name": "Law",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The witness testified that Simpson was ill at the time."
        },
        {
          "text": "Dr. Yazdi, an expert witness, explained how somebody could have used the computer without the owner knowing."
        },
        {
          "text": "She was the key witness for the defense at the trial."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A witness is somebody who tells a court what they know about a situation, especially a crime."
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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  "word": "witness"
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    {
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witnessed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witnessed",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witnessing",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
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  "hyphenation": "wit‧ness",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She spoke of the terrible events she witnesses during the war."
        },
        {
          "text": "She witnessed some terrible events during the war."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "If you witness something, you see it."
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      "glosses": [
        "If something witnesses something, it experiences it."
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "witness",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witnesses",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
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  "senses": [
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        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The journalist spent three years interviewing survivors and witnesses."
        },
        {
          "text": "The hospital has born witness to countless deaths and births."
        },
        {
          "text": "Police took signed statements from the witnesses."
        },
        {
          "text": "The state has no physical evidence and no witnesses."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A witness is somebody who saw something, especially a crime."
      ],
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        "countable"
      ]
    },
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        "Countable nouns",
        "Law"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The witness testified that Simpson was ill at the time."
        },
        {
          "text": "Dr. Yazdi, an expert witness, explained how somebody could have used the computer without the owner knowing."
        },
        {
          "text": "She was the key witness for the defense at the trial."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A witness is somebody who tells a court what they know about a situation, especially a crime."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "law"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witnessed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witnessed",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witnessing",
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        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
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  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
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        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She spoke of the terrible events she witnesses during the war."
        },
        {
          "text": "She witnessed some terrible events during the war."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you witness something, you see it."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something witnesses something, it experiences it."
      ],
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      ]
    }
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