witness /'witnis/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) someone who sees an event and reports what happened
• (n.) testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
• (n.) (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

Chinese translation

• n. 证人, 目击者, 证据, 证词
• vt. 目击, 作证, 证明, 表明
• vi. 作证人, 作为证据

Word details

Part of speech

noun / verb

Pronunciation

/'witnis/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 4.52 · Rare

Word forms

witnessed, witnessing, witnesses

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